Definition of epistle

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Epistle (n.) A writing directed or sent to a person or persons; a written communication; a letter; -- applied usually to formal, didactic, or elegant letters..

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Chapter :: Chapter (n.) A decretal epistle.
Pistil :: Pistil (n.) An epistle.
Epistolical :: Epistolical (a.) Pertaining to letters or epistles; in the form or style of letters; epistolary.
Ethical :: Ethical (a.) Of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality; moral; as, ethic discourses or epistles; an ethical system; ethical philosophy..
Epistolography :: Epistolography (n.) The art or practice of writing epistles.
Epistle :: Epistle (v. t.) To write; to communicate in a letter or by writing.
Write :: Write (v. t.) To set down for reading; to express in legible or intelligible characters; to inscribe; as, to write a deed; to write a bill of divorcement; hence, specifically, to set down in an epistle; to communicate by letter..
Extravagant :: Extravagant (n.) Certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at first included with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon law..
Epistler :: Epistler (n.) A writer of epistles, or of an epistle of the New Testament..
Letter :: Letter (n.) A letter; an epistle.
Gradual :: Gradual (n.) An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps..
Loose :: Loose (superl.) Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle..
Decretal :: Decretal (a.) Appertaining to a decree; containing a decree; as, a decretal epistle..
Letter :: Letter (n.) A written or printed communication; a message expressed in intelligible characters on something adapted to conveyance, as paper, parchment, etc.; an epistle..
Epistolary :: Epistolary (a.) Pertaining to epistles or letters; suitable to letters and correspondence; as, an epistolary style..
Stratarithmetry :: Stratagemical (a.) Containing stratagem; as, a stratagemical epistle..
Epistolizer :: Epistolizer (n.) A writer of epistles.
Petrine :: Petrine (a.) Of or pertaining to St.Peter; as, the Petrine Epistles..
Favor :: Favor (n.) A letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received..
Antilegomena :: Antilegomena (n. pl.) Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena..
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