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Gospeler \Gos"pel*er\, n. [AS. godspellere.] [Written also
{gospeller}.]
1. One of the four evangelists. --Rom. of R.
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Mark the gospeler was the ghostly son of Peter in
baptism. --Wyclif.
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2. A follower of Wyclif, the first English religious
reformer; hence, a Puritan. [Obs.] --Latimer.
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The persecution was carried on against the gospelers
with much fierceness by those of the Roman
persuasion. --Strype.
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3. A priest or deacon who reads the gospel at the altar
during the communion service.
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The Archbishop of York was the celebrant, the
epistoler being the dean, and the gospeler the
Bishop of Sydney. --Pall Mall
Gazette.
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