gospel
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɒspəl/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑspəl/
Etymology
From Middle English gospel, gospell, godspel, godspell, goddspell, from Old English godspel (“gospel, glad tidings; one of the four gospels”), corresponding to good + spell (“talk, tale, story”), literally "the message of God or Christ", believed to be an alteration of earlier *gōdspell (literally “good news”), used to translate ecclesiastical Latin bona annuntiatio, itself a translation of Ecclesiastical Latin evangelium / Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “evangel”, literally “good news”) (English: evangel). Compare Old Saxon godspel, godspell (“gospel”), Old High German gotspel (“gospel”), Icelandic guðspjall (“gospel”).
Noun
gospel (countable and uncountable, plural gospels)
- The first section of the Christian New Testament scripture, comprising the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, concerned with the life, crucifixion, death, resurrection, and teachings of Jesus.
- An account of the life, crucifixion, death, resurrection, and teachings of Jesus, generally written during the first several centuries of the Common Era.
- (Protestantism) The teaching of Divine grace as distinguished from the Law or Divine commandments.
- A message expected to have positive reception or effect, one promoted as offering important (or even infalliable) guiding principles.
- 1917, Oral Hygiene, volume 7, section title:
- Spreading the gospel of dental hygiene in Vermont
- 1917, Oral Hygiene, volume 7, section title:
- (uncountable) That which is absolutely authoritative (definitive).
- Saintsbury
- If any one thinks this expression hyperbolical, I shall only ask him to read Oedipus, instead of taking the traditional witticisms about Lee for gospel.
- Saintsbury
- (uncountable) Gospel music.
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Verb
gospel (third-person singular simple present gospels, present participle gospelling, simple past and past participle gospelled)
- (obsolete, transitive) To instruct in the gospel.
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Citations
- For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:gospel.
References
- “gospel” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “gospel” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡospel/, [ˈɡo̞s̠pe̞l]
Declension
Inflection of gospel (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | gospel | gospelit | |
genitive | gospelin | gospelien gospeleiden gospeleitten | |
partitive | gospelia | gospeleita gospeleja | |
illative | gospeliin | gospeleihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | gospel | gospelit | |
accusative | nom. | gospel | gospelit |
gen. | gospelin | ||
genitive | gospelin | gospelien gospeleiden gospeleitten | |
partitive | gospelia | gospeleita gospeleja | |
inessive | gospelissa | gospeleissa | |
elative | gospelista | gospeleista | |
illative | gospeliin | gospeleihin | |
adessive | gospelilla | gospeleilla | |
ablative | gospelilta | gospeleilta | |
allative | gospelille | gospeleille | |
essive | gospelina | gospeleina | |
translative | gospeliksi | gospeleiksi | |
instructive | — | gospelein | |
abessive | gospelitta | gospeleitta | |
comitative | — | gospeleineen |