televangelist

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Etymology

Blend of television +‎ evangelist

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  • IPA(key): /tɛlɪˈvænd͡ʒəlɪst/

Noun

televangelist (plural televangelists)

  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.
    • 2013, Kate Bowler, Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4:
      Pastor Walton had spent several years learning from the televangelist host of Success-N-Life, Robert Tilton, at his Bible school in Texas.

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