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Epistler :: Epistler (n.) A writer of epistles, or of an epistle of the New Testament..

Pistil :: Pistil (n.) An epistle.

Deuterocanonical :: Deuterocanonical (a.) Pertaining to a second canon, or ecclesiastical writing of inferior authority; -- said of the Apocrypha, certain Epistles, etc..

Petitionary :: Petitionary (a.) Containing a petition; of the nature of a petition; as, a petitionary epistle..

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..

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..

Epistolical :: Epistolical (a.) Pertaining to letters or epistles; in the form or style of letters; epistolary.

Decretal :: Decretal (a.) Appertaining to a decree; containing a decree; as, a decretal epistle..

Loose :: Loose (superl.) Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle..

Extravagant :: Extravagant (n.) Certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at first included with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon law..

Epistolizer :: Epistolizer (n.) A writer of epistles.

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..

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..

Epistolean :: Epistolean (n.) One who writes epistles; a correspondent.

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..

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

Epistolet :: Epistolet (n.) A little epistle.

Chapter :: Chapter (n.) A decretal epistle.

Letter :: Letter (n.) A letter; an epistle.

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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