godspell
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Old English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Analysed as God + spell, literally “God-message”, an alteration of earlier gōdspell (“good news”), from gōd (“good”) + spell (“message, news”), a calque of Ecclesiastical Latin bona annūntiātiō or bonus nūntius, which was a then-current explanation of the meaning of Ecclesiastical Latin ēvangelium, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
godspell n
Declension[edit]
Declension of godspell (strong a-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | godspell | godspell |
accusative | godspell | godspell |
genitive | godspelles | godspella |
dative | godspelle | godspellum |
Derived terms[edit]
- godspellian (“evangelize”)
- godspellere (“evangelist”)
Descendants[edit]
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