gospeler

[ gos-puh-ler ]

noun

, Ecclesiastical.

1. a person who reads or sings the Gospel.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gospeler¹

before 1000; Middle English; Old English gōdspellere. See gospel, -er ¹

Example Sentences

The hardships and dangers experienced by a band of these gospelers are depicted by our writer.

From Project Gutenberg

Under the mask of the critic is the long English face of the gospeler; that type whose persistent physiognomy was never absent from the conventicle of English thought.

From Project Gutenberg

There were the dean and sub-dean of his chapel; the repeater of the choir; the gospeler, the epistler, or the singing priest; the master of the singers, with his men and children.

From Project Gutenberg