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Epistler :: Epistler (n.) The ecclesiastic who reads the epistle at the communion service.

Stratarithmetry :: Stratagemical (a.) Containing stratagem; as, a stratagemical epistle..

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..

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

Pistil :: Pistil (n.) 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..

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

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..

Epistoler :: Epistoler (n.) One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler.

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

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

Epistolize :: Epistolize (v. i.) To write epistles.

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

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

Petrine :: Petrine (a.) Of or pertaining to St.Peter; as, the Petrine Epistles..

Epistolography :: Epistolography (n.) The art or practice of writing epistles.

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..

Favor :: Favor (n.) A letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received..

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

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