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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Epistoler :: Epistoler (n.) One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler.
Petrine :: Petrine (a.) Of or pertaining to St.Peter; as, the Petrine 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..
Epistolical :: Epistolical (a.) Pertaining to letters or epistles; in the form or style of letters; epistolary.
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..
Stratarithmetry :: Stratagemical (a.) Containing stratagem; as, a stratagemical epistle..
Epistle :: Epistle (n.) One of the letters in the New Testament which were addressed to their Christian brethren by Apostles.
Pistil :: Pistil (n.) An epistle.
Extravagant :: Extravagant (n.) Certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at first included with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon law..
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..
Epistler :: Epistler (n.) The ecclesiastic who reads the epistle at the communion service.
Epistle :: Epistle (v. t.) To write; to communicate in a letter or by writing.
Epistolet :: Epistolet (n.) A little epistle.
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..
Epistolize :: Epistolize (v. i.) To write epistles.
Epistolary :: Epistolary (a.) Pertaining to epistles or letters; suitable to letters and correspondence; as, an epistolary style..
Favor :: Favor (n.) A letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received..
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