gospel

Pluralgospels

Formsgospels

1. 1
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The first four books of the Bible's New Testament, which tell about Jesus's life, death and rising from the dead.

   Our class read about Jesus's birth in the Gospels.

   The children acted out Gospel stories at the Christmas play.

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2. 2
   noununcountable

   Something people accept as completely true, with no need to check it.

   Don't take everything you read online as gospel.

   In our house, Grandma's advice was gospel.

   Similartruth, fact, law

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   A style of Christian religious music, also called gospel music.

   My aunt sings gospel in the church choir every Sunday.

   We listened to old gospel on the radio during the long drive.

4. 4
   nouncountable or uncountable

   A story of Jesus's life, death and rising again, written in the first few hundred years after him.

   The Gospel of Mark is the shortest of the four in the Bible.

   Researchers found pages from an old gospel that is not in the Bible.

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5. 5
   nouncountable or uncountable

   An idea or message that people spread because they believe it is very good and everyone should follow it.

   My coach spreads the gospel of drinking more water.

   She has been preaching the gospel of recycling to everyone at work.

   Similardoctrine, creed, message

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6. 6
   nouncountable or uncountable

   In Protestant teaching, the message of God's kindness that people do not have to earn, unlike God's laws.

   Our pastor says the law tells us what to do, but the gospel tells us what God has done for us.

   In her Bible class, they learned how the gospel is different from the law.

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7. 7
   verbtransitive

   To tell or teach people the Christian message about Jesus.

   In our small group, we try to gospel one another every week.

   The young preacher gospeled the farmers in every town along the river.

   Similarevangelize

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