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televangelist

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • /tɛlɪˈvænd͡ʒəlɪst/
  • CMU ARPABET: T EH2 L AH0 V AE1 N JH AH0 L AH0 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A religious minister (often a Christian priest or minister) who devotes a large portion of his or her ministry to television broadcasts to a regular viewing audience.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

an evangelist who conducts services on television

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: evangelist, revivalist, gospeler, gospeller

History

Etymology

Blend of television + evangelist.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: televisioevankelista — televangelist
  • French: télévangéliste — televangelist
  • German: Fernsehprediger — televangelist
  • German: Fernsehpredigerin — televangelist
  • German: Fernsehevangelist — televangelist
  • German: Fernsehevangelistin — televangelist
  • German: TV-Evangelist — televangelist
  • German: TV-Evangelistin — televangelist
  • Hungarian: televíziós hittérítő — televangelist
  • Hungarian: televíziós hitszónok — televangelist
  • Italian: telepredicatore — televangelist
  • Polish: teleewangelista — televangelist
  • Russian: телепропове́дник (telepropovédnik) — televangelist
  • Russian: телеевангели́ст (telejevangelíst) — televangelist
  • Swedish: tv-predikant — televangelist