Noun: gospel
| Sg. | gospel |
| Pl. | gospelles; gospels |
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Sample Sentences
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bı þe pꝛeuyng of þıs mynyſterie / whıche gloꝛifıen god ın þe obedıence of ȝoure knoulechyng in þe goſpel of crıſt⹎ ⁊ ın ſympleneſſe of comynycacıoũ ın to hẽ ⁊ ın to alle (Using the example of this ministry, they will glorify God through the obedience [that comes] from your acknowledgement of the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your sharing with them and everyone [else].) [c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Coꝛinthis ·ii· 9:13, folio 70, verso, column 2; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:]
Etymology
Inherited from Old English godspell, *gōdspell, from gōd (“good”) + spell (“news”), calquing Ecclesiastical Latin bona annūntiātiō, itself a translation of Ecclesiastical Latin ēvangelium / Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “evangel”, literally “good news”); thus equivalent to God or good + spel. See: Old English Nouns '
godspell', Old English Nouns '
godspell', Ancient Greek Nouns '
εὐαγγέλιον'.
Verbs referencing "gospel"
English Nouns
gospel, Catalan Nouns
gòspel.
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