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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Epistolography :: Epistolography (n.) The art or practice of writing epistles.
Pauline :: Pauline (a.) Of or pertaining to the apostle Paul, or his writings; resembling, or conforming to, the writings of Paul; as, the Pauline epistles; Pauline doctrine..
Epistoler :: Epistoler (n.) One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler.
Stratarithmetry :: Stratagemical (a.) Containing stratagem; as, a stratagemical epistle..
Petrine :: Petrine (a.) Of or pertaining to St.Peter; as, the Petrine Epistles..
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..
Deuterocanonical :: Deuterocanonical (a.) Pertaining to a second canon, or ecclesiastical writing of inferior authority; -- said of the Apocrypha, certain Epistles, etc..
Loose :: Loose (superl.) Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle..
Epistler :: Epistler (n.) A writer of epistles, or of an epistle of the New Testament..
Petitionary :: Petitionary (a.) Containing a petition; of the nature of a petition; as, a petitionary epistle..
Favor :: Favor (n.) A letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received..
Epistolize :: Epistolize (v. i.) To write epistles.
Epistle :: Epistle (n.) One of the letters in the New Testament which were addressed to their Christian brethren by Apostles.
Maranatha :: Maranatha (n.) Our Lord cometh; -- an expression used by St. Paul at the conclusion of his first Epistle to the Corinthians (xvi. 22). This word has been used in anathematizing persons for great crimes; as much as to say, May the Lord come quickly to take vengeance of thy crimes. See Anathema maranatha, under Anathema..
Epistolet :: Epistolet (n.) A little 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..
Epistle :: 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..
Epistolean :: Epistolean (n.) One who writes epistles; a correspondent.
Epistler :: Epistler (n.) The ecclesiastic who reads the epistle at the communion service.
Epistolary :: Epistolary (a.) Pertaining to epistles or letters; suitable to letters and correspondence; as, an epistolary style..
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