\E`van*gel"ic*al\, a.
1. Contained in, or relating to, the four Gospels; as, the
   evangelical history.
2. Belonging to, agreeable or consonant to, or contained in,
   the gospel, or the truth taught in the New Testament; as,
   evangelical religion.
3. Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in
   interpreting Christian doctrine; pre["e]minetly orthodox;
   -- technically applied to that party in the Church of
   England, and in the Protestant Episcopal Church, which
   holds the doctrine of ``Justification by Faith alone'';
   the Low Church party. The term is also applied to other
   religion bodies not regarded as orthodox.
{Evangelical Alliance}, an alliance for mutual strengthening
   and common work, comprising Christians of different
   denominations and countries, organized in Liverpool,
   England, in 1845.
{Evangelical Church}.
   (a) The Protestant Church in Germany.
   (b) A church founded by a fusion of Lutherans and
       Calvinists in Germany in 1817.
{Evangelical Union}, a religion sect founded in Scotland in
   1843 by the Rev. James Morison; -- called also
   {Morisonians}.

\E`van*gel"ic*al\, n.
One of evangelical principles.