gospeler

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: gos=pel=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

gospeler, n. [AS. godspellere.].

•  One of the four evangelists.  Rom. of R.  [1913 Webster]

  "Mark the gospeler was the ghostly son of Peter in baptism."  [1913 Webster]
•  A follower of Wyclif, the first English religious reformer; hence, a Puritan.  Latimer.  [1913 Webster]

  "The persecution was carried on against the gospelers with much fierceness by those of the Roman persuasion."  [1913 Webster]
•  A priest or deacon who reads the gospel at the altar during the communion service.  [1913 Webster]

  "The Archbishop of York was the celebrant, the epistoler being the dean, and the gospeler the Bishop of Sydney."  [1913 Webster]