gospellere
Middle English
Alternative forms
- godspeller, gospeler, gospellar, gospellour, gosspellere
- godspellare, godspellere (Early Middle English)
- gospelar, gospeleer, gospelere (Late Middle English)
Etymology
Inherited from Old English godspellere; equivalent to gospel (“gospel”) + -ere (suffix forming agent nouns).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɔ(d)ˌspɛlər(ə)/, /ˈɡɔspələr(ə)/, /-ˌlɛːr(ə)/
Noun
gospellere (plural gospelleres)
- An Evangelist; one of the authors of the four New Testament gospels.
- A volume containing such a gospel or part of one.
- (by extension, rare) An Old Testament individual analogous to the New Testament evangelists.
References
- “gospellē̆r(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.