Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun john_the_evangelist

1 sense of john the evangelist

Sense 1
John, Saint John, St. John, Saint John the Apostle, St. John the Apostle, John the Evangelist, John the Divine -- ((New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation)
       INSTANCE OF=> Apostle -- ((New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel)
       INSTANCE OF=> Evangelist -- ((when capitalized) any of the spiritual leaders who are assumed to be authors of the Gospels in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John)
       INSTANCE OF=> saint -- (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)