Both Uses of
gospel
in
Babbitt
- But there was opposition from certain Episcopalian and Congregationalist ministers, those renegades whom Mr. Monday so finely called "a bunch of gospel-pushers with dish-water instead of blood, a gang of squealers that need more dust on the knees of their pants and more hair on their skinny old chests."†
Chpt 7
- Those pups are saying now that I hog the gospel-show, that I'm in it for the coin.†
Chpt 7 *
Definition:
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(gospel as in: gospel of the Bible) the religious teachings of Jesus
or:
one of the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that Christian's believe tell the story of Jesus Christ's life and teachings