E-văn'ġe-ly or E-văn'ġĭle, n.

n. [Lat. evangelium, Gr. εὐαγγέλιον, the reward of good tidings given to the messenger, good news, especially in a Christian sense, the glad tidings, the gospel, from εὐάγγελος, bringing or announcing good news, from εὖ, well; and ἀγγέλλειν, to bear a message, to bring tidings; Pr. evangeli, Sp. & It. evangelio.] Good tidings; especially, the gospel. [Rare.] “The sacred pledge of Christ’s evangely.” Spenser. Above all, the Servians … read, with much avidity, the evangile of their freedom. Landor.