GOSPEL TRUTH Definition & Meaning

View synonyms for

gospel truth

noun

an unquestionably true statement, fact, etc.

Discover More

�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of gospel truth¹

First recorded in 1640–50

Discover More

Idioms and Phrases

Something that is unquestionably true. For example, Every word he uttered was the gospel truth . The word gospel , which comes from the Old English god spel , “good news,” has been used to describe something that is thought to be as true as the biblical gospel (that is, undeniably true) since the 13th century. The current idiom originated in the 1600s, when it referred to biblical truths, and has been applied to truth of a more general nature since the late 1800s. Also see take as gospel .

Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

Polls cannot divine the future and should not be treated as gospel truth.

From

That claim was taken as gospel truth by the anti-vaccine movement, which helped make the paper one of the most-viewed papers in the journal’s history.

From

Yet the study, by economist Mark Skidmore of Michigan State University, was taken as gospel truth by a legion of anti-vaccine activists.

From

The argument by Friedman, who was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1976, became “the gospel truth” for U.S. companies, Sandhu said.

From

"I can't tell you the absolute gospel truth but my understanding is that the decision will tell you whether she will or will not be competing tomorrow," IOC spokesman Mark Adams told a news conference.

From

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Browse