gospeler

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gospeler - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gospeler \Gos"pel*er\, n. [AS. godspellere.] [Written also
     gospeller.]
     1. One of the four evangelists. --Rom. of R.
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              Mark the gospeler was the ghostly son of Peter in
              baptism.                              --Wyclif.
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     2. A follower of Wyclif, the first English religious
        reformer; hence, a Puritan. [Obs.] --Latimer.
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              The persecution was carried on against the gospelers
              with much fierceness by those of the Roman
              persuasion.                           --Strype.
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     3. A priest or deacon who reads the gospel at the altar
        during the communion service.
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              The Archbishop of York was the celebrant, the
              epistoler being the dean, and the gospeler the
              Bishop of Sydney.                     --Pall Mall
                                                    Gazette.
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gospeler - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  gospeler
      n 1: a preacher of the Christian gospel [syn: evangelist,
           revivalist, gospeler, gospeller]