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Webster 1913 Edition
Evangelistary
E-vanˊgel-is′ta-ry
,Noun.
[LL.
evangelistarium
.] A selection of passages from the Gospels, as a lesson in divine service.
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Webster 1828 Edition
Evangelistary
EVAN'GELISTARY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
evangelistary
evangelistary
English
Alternative forms
- Evangelistary
Noun
evangelistary (plural evangelistaries)
- (Christianity) A book containing selections from the Gospels, read during worship services.
- 1996, Thomas Forrest Kelly, The exultet in Southern Italy, page 194:
- The Exultet in sources related to southern Italy, in addition to its transmission in twenty-six rolls, is found in twenty-seven other manuscripts: eighteen missals, two evangelistaries, two pontificals, two rituals, two graduals, and one processional.
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Translations
book containing selections from the Gospels
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Synonyms
- Evangeliary
- Evangeliar