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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Acts, Agnus Dei, Alleluia, Anamnesis, Apocalypse, Biblical, Blessing, Canon, Collect, Communion, Consecration, Credo, Dismissal, Epistle, Epistles, Fraction, Glad Tidings, Gloria, Good News, Gradual, Introit, Kyrie, Kyrie Eleison, Last Gospel, Lavabo, Mosaic, New Testament, New-Testament, Offertory, Old-Testament, Paternoster, Pax, Post-Communion, Preface, Revelation, Sanctus, Secreta, Synoptic Gospels, Tersanctus, Tract, apocalyptic, apostolic, canonical, evangelic, evangelistic, gospel, inspired, prophetic, revealed, revelational, scriptural, textual, textuary, theopneustic
2. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Bible truth, Biblical, Gospel, Mosaic, Negro spiritual, New-Testament, Old-Testament, Weltanschauung, anthem, apocalyptic, apostolic, articles of religion, bad news, canonical, cantata, canticle, catechism, certainty, chorale, church music, credenda, credo, creed, cult, dinkum oil, doctrinal statement, doxology, evangel, evangelic, evangelistic, fact, faith, formulated belief, glad tidings, good news, good word, gospel music, gospel truth, how it is, how things are, hymn, hymn-tune, hymnody, hymnology, ideology, inspired, introit, ism, like it is, mass, motet, offertory, offertory sentence, oratorio, paean, passion, political faith, political philosophy, prophetic, prosodion, psalm, psalmody, recessional, religion, requiem, requiem mass, revealed, revealed truth, revelational, sacred music, school, scriptural, spiritual, system of belief, textual, textuary, the absolute truth, the case, the exact truth, the hard truth, the honest truth, the intrinsic truth, the naked truth, the plain truth, the simple truth, the sober truth, the stern truth, the truth, the unalloyed truth, the unqualified truth, the unvarnished truth, theopneustic, truism, truth, veracity, white spiritual, world view
Dictionary Results for Gospel:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Gospel
    n 1: the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke,
         and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and
         teachings [syn: Gospel, Gospels, evangel]
    2: an unquestionable truth; "his word was gospel" [syn:
       gospel, gospel truth]
    3: folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella 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) [syn:
       gospel, gospel singing]
    4: the written body of teachings of a religious group that are
       generally accepted by that group [syn: religious doctrine,
       church doctrine, gospel, creed]
    5: a doctrine that is believed to be of great importance;
       "Newton's writings were gospel for those who followed"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Gospel \Gos"pel\, n. [OE. gospel, godspel, AS. godspell; god God
   + spell story, tale. See God, and Spell, v.]
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   1. Glad tidings; especially, the good news concerning Christ,
      the Kingdom of God, and salvation.
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            And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their
            synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom.
                                                  --Matt. iv.
                                                  23.
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            The steadfast belief of the promises of the gospel.
                                                  --Bentley.
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   Note: It is probable that gospel is from. OE. godspel, God
         story, the narrative concerning God; but it was early
         confused with god spell, good story, good tidings, and
         was so used by the translators of the Authorized
         version of Scripture. This use has been retained in
         most cases in the Revised Version.
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               Thus the literal sense [of gospel] is the
               "narrative of God," i. e., the life of Christ.
                                                  --Skeat.
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   2. One of the four narratives of the life and death of Jesus
      Christ, written by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
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   3. A selection from one of the gospels, for use in a
      religious service; as, the gospel for the day.
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   4. Any system of religious doctrine; sometimes, any system of
      political doctrine or social philosophy; as, this
      political gospel. --Burke.
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   5. Anything propounded or accepted as infallibly true; as,
      they took his words for gospel. [Colloq.]
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            If any one thinks this expression hyperbolical, I
            shall only ask him to read [OE]dipus, instead of
            taking the traditional witticisms about Lee for
            gospel.                               --Saintsbury.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Gospel \Gos"pel\, a.
   Accordant with, or relating to, the gospel; evangelical; as,
   gospel righteousness. --Bp. Warburton.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Gospel \Gos"pel\, v. t.
   To instruct in the gospel. [Obs.] --Shak.
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5. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Gospel
   a word of Anglo-Saxon origin, and meaning "God's spell", i.e.,
   word of God, or rather, according to others, "good spell", i.e.,
   good news. It is the rendering of the Greek _evangelion_, i.e.,
   "good message." It denotes (1) "the welcome intelligence of
   salvation to man as preached by our Lord and his followers. (2.)
   It was afterwards transitively applied to each of the four
   histories of our Lord's life, published by those who are
   therefore called 'Evangelists', writers of the history of the
   gospel (the evangelion). (3.) The term is often used to express
   collectively the gospel doctrines; and 'preaching the gospel' is
   often used to include not only the proclaiming of the good
   tidings, but the teaching men how to avail themselves of the
   offer of salvation, the declaring of all the truths, precepts,
   promises, and threatenings of Christianity." It is termed "the
   gospel of the grace of God" (Acts 20:24), "the gospel of the
   kingdom" (Matt. 4:23), "the gospel of Christ" (Rom. 1:16), "the
   gospel of peace (Eph. 6:15), "the glorious gospel," "the
   everlasting gospel," "the gospel of salvation" (Eph. 1:13).
   

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