"evangelical" and the OED

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Fri Jul 6 20:26:16 UTC 2012


Is the OED a bit not up to date?  It does not seem to have the sense
"marked by militant or crusading zeal" (as in the on-line Merriam
Webster), the notion of preaching (the truth) to others, proselytizing.

Joel

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