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Gospel

gos·pel

UK/ˈɡɒspəl/ US/ˈɡɑspəl/ fairly common

noun

1.

four books in the New Testament that tell the story of Christ''s life and teachings

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2.

an unquestionable truth

  • “his word was gospel”
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3.

a genre of a capella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response; influential on the development of other genres of popular music (especially soul)

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4.

the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group

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5.

a doctrine that is believed to be of great importance

  • “Newton”

Origin

From Middle English gospel, gospell, godspel, godspell, goddspell, from Old English godspell (“gospel”), corresponding to God + spell (“talk, tale, story”), literally “the message of God”, believed to be an alteration of earlier *gōdspell (literally “good news”), used to translate ecclesiastical Latin bona annūntiātiō, itself a translation of Ecclesiastical Latin ēvangelium / Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “evangel”, literally “good news”) (English evangel). Compare Old Saxon gōdspel and godspell (“gospel”), Old High German and Middle High German gotspel (“gospel”), Icelandic guðspjall (“gospel”), and the modern calque Malayalam സുവിശേഷം (suviśēṣaṁ).

Phrases

  • bluegrass gospel
  • contemporary gospel
  • Gin and Gospel Gazette
  • gospel bird
  • gospel blues
  • gospel music
  • Gospel Oak
  • gospel side

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