evangelicity means evangelism. It carries an Arena rating of 1325, earned across 8 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, evangelicity ranks #9,660 of 17,134 for Most Malleable Words, #10,349 of 17,140 for Most Whimsical Words, #11,094 of 17,127 for Words That Escaped Their Books, #12,021 of 17,126 for Most Satisfying to Say.
Why “evangelicity” is a great word
The quality, state, or practice of being evangelical; the abstract condition of spreading the Christian gospel. From evangelic (from Late Latin evangelicus, from Greek euangelikos, 'of or pertaining to good news') + -ity (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting state or condition). First attested in 1817 in the writing of 'Irenæus'. Unlike evangelicalism, which denotes a specific doctrinal movement, or proselytism, which implies an unwelcome aggression, evangelicity is the quieter, more neutral essence—the very character of bearing good news. It is the particular earnestness of a voice lifted in a public square, the methodical folding of tracts on a kitchen table, and the warm pressure of a hand on the shoulder after confession; a testament to the quiet insistence that a truth unshared is a truth impoverished.
Etymology
From evangelic + -ity.
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