Definition of epistle

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Epistle (n.) One of the letters in the New Testament which were addressed to their Christian brethren by Apostles.

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Epistolet :: Epistolet (n.) A little epistle.
Petitionary :: Petitionary (a.) Containing a petition; of the nature of a petition; as, a petitionary epistle..
Epistler :: Epistler (n.) A writer of epistles, or of an epistle of the New Testament..
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..
Letter :: Letter (n.) A letter; an epistle.
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..
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..
Introit :: Introit (n.) A psalm sung or chanted immediately before the collect, epistle, and gospel, and while the priest is entering within the rails of the altar..
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..
Epistle :: Epistle (v. t.) To write; to communicate in a letter or by writing.
Epistolical :: Epistolical (a.) Pertaining to letters or epistles; in the form or style of letters; epistolary.
Deuterocanonical :: Deuterocanonical (a.) Pertaining to a second canon, or ecclesiastical writing of inferior authority; -- said of the Apocrypha, certain Epistles, etc..
Epistler :: Epistler (n.) The ecclesiastic who reads the epistle at the communion service.
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..
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..
Pistil :: Pistil (n.) An epistle.
Epistle :: Epistle (n.) One of the letters in the New Testament which were addressed to their Christian brethren by Apostles.
Stratarithmetry :: Stratagemical (a.) Containing stratagem; as, a stratagemical epistle..
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