televangelist
noun
tel·evan·ge·list
ˌte-li-ˈvan-jə-list 
: an evangelist who conducts regularly televised religious programs
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Jessica Chastain, ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ (2022) Even with a makeup job and wardrobe that grow gaudier through the biopic, Chastain does a heavenly job playing real-life televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
Built by televangelist Robert Schuller as the Crystal Cathedral, the site required expensive renovations in addition to the $57.5-million purchase price.
—Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
In a brief interview on the carpet with CBS Mornings outside Lincoln Center yesterday, Rannells blamed contract issues with his split from the Elton John-Jake Shears-James Graham musical about televangelists Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 17 June 2024
Get ready to buckle up and hear about how Jesus is inside you, because that’s just how a musical about televangelists written by a bunch of gay guys is gonna go.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2024
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Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
Built by televangelist Robert Schuller as the Crystal Cathedral, the site required expensive renovations in addition to the $57.5-million purchase price.
—Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
In a brief interview on the carpet with CBS Mornings outside Lincoln Center yesterday, Rannells blamed contract issues with his split from the Elton John-Jake Shears-James Graham musical about televangelists Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 17 June 2024
Get ready to buckle up and hear about how Jesus is inside you, because that’s just how a musical about televangelists written by a bunch of gay guys is gonna go.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 22 Mar. 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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