televangelist
noun
tel·evan·ge·list
ˌte-li-ˈvan-jə-list 
: an evangelist who conducts regularly televised religious programs
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The show, which chronicles the famous televangelist and features music by Elton John, began performances at the Palace Theatre on Oct. 19 and opened just last Thursday, Nov. 14.
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Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
In their public rhetoric, the couple also adopted the discourse of televangelists after professing their atheism for many years.
—Gioconda Belli, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2018
Clearly the most godless Man of God Garfield has played — the one-two of playing a televangelist here and a Mormon cop in Under the Banner of Heaven makes for a religious diptych that’s uniquely American.
tick, tick … BOOM!
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
Christian Borle plays Jim Bakker, Faye’s first husband, co-host and co-founder of their PTL Television Network, and Michael Cerveris plays Jerry Falwell, a fellow televangelist who took over PTL after scandal.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
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Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
In their public rhetoric, the couple also adopted the discourse of televangelists after professing their atheism for many years.
—Gioconda Belli, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2018
Clearly the most godless Man of God Garfield has played — the one-two of playing a televangelist here and a Mormon cop in Under the Banner of Heaven makes for a religious diptych that’s uniquely American.
tick, tick … BOOM!
—Rory Doherty, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
Christian Borle plays Jim Bakker, Faye’s first husband, co-host and co-founder of their PTL Television Network, and Michael Cerveris plays Jerry Falwell, a fellow televangelist who took over PTL after scandal.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
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televangelist
noun
tel·evan·ge·list
ˌtel-i-ˈvan-jə-ləst
: an evangelist who conducts regularly televised religious programs
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