Meanings
plural evangelistaries · alternative Evangelistary
- ChristianityA book containing selections from the Gospels, read during worship services.
The Exultet in sources related to southern Italy, in addition to its transmission in twenty-six rolls, is found in twenty-seven other manuscripts: eighteen missals, two evangelistaries, two pontificals, two rituals, two graduals, and one processional.
1996, Thomas Forrest Kelly, The exultet in Southern Italy, page 194Synonyms: Book of the Gospels, Evangeliar, Evangeliarium, evangelary, evangeliary, Evangelistarion
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA book containing selections from the Gospels, read during worship services.
Translations
Catalan evangeliari
- evangeliaribook containing selections from the Gospels
Finnish evankeliumikirja
- evankeliumikirjabook containing selections from the Gospels
French évangéliaire
- évangéliairebook containing selections from the Gospels
Indonesian evangeliarium
- evangeliariumbook containing selections from the Gospels
Italian evangelario
- evangelariobook containing selections from the Gospels
Polish ewangeliarz
- ewangeliarzbook containing selections from the Gospels
Romanian evangheliar
- evangheliarbook containing selections from the Gospels
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evangelistary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evangelistary
“evangelistary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evangelistary. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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