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gospel

/ˈɡɒspəl/GO-spuhl
/ˈɡɑspəl/GAH-spuhl

Meaninggood story

Common meaning: the teaching of Jesus

Other meanings: something accepted as true

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishgodspell‘the gospel’source
  2. Middle Englishgodspelsource
  3. Englishgospel‘the teaching of Jesus’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English gōd + spell ‘good + story, news’.

Roots

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