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1. (n.) epistle
a letter, esp. a formal or didactic one.
2. epistle
(usu. cap.)
3. epistle
one of the apostolic letters in the New Testament.
4. epistle
an extract read at the Eucharistic service in certain churches, usu. from the Epistles.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE epistol < L epistula, epistola < Gk epistolē message, letter)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) epistle
a specially long, formal letter
2. (noun) Epistle
a book of the New Testament written in the form of a letter from an Apostle
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Epistle
a writing directed or sent to a person or persons; a written communication; a letter; -- applied usually to formal, didactic, or elegant letters
2. (noun) Epistle
one of the letters in the New Testament which were addressed to their Christian brethren by Apostles
3. (verb) Epistle
to write; to communicate in a letter or by writing
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Sense: a letter, especially in the Bible from an apostle
The epistles of St Paul.
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 Afrikaans: brief |
 Arabic: رِسالَه (لأحد تلاميذ المَ |
 Bulgarian: послание |
 Brazilian: epístola |
 Czech: epištola |
 German: die Epistel |
 Danish: epistel; brev |
 Greek: επιστολή |
 Spanish: epístola |
 Estonian: epistel |
 Farsi: نامه |
 Finnish: epistola |
 French: épître |
 Hebrew: אִיגֶרֶת |
 Hindi: खास कर बाइबल में पत्र |
 Croatian: poslanica, pismo |
 Hungarian: (apostoli) levél |
 Indonesian: surat, surat yang ditulis |
 Icelandic: postulabréf; pistill |
 Italian: epistola |
 Japanese: 使徒書簡 |
 Korean: (신약 성서 중의) 사도 행전 |
 Lithuanian: (apaštalo) laiškas |
 Latvian: vēstule |
 Malay: warkah |
 Dutch: (zend)brief |
 Norwegian: brev, epistel |
 Polish: list apostolski |
 Persian: نامه |
 Pashto: ليك، مكتوب، رساله |
 Portuguese: epístola |
 Romanian: epistolă |
 Russian: (апостольское) послание |
 Slovak: epištola |
 Slovenian: pismo |
 Serbian: epistal |
 Swedish: epistel, brev |
 Thai: จดหมายที่เป็นทางการ |
 Turkish: mektup |
 Taiwanese: 書信, 使徒書 |
 Ukrainian: апостольське послання |
 Urdu: مراسلہ ، خصوصا انجیل میں |
 Vietnamese: thư từ |
 Chinese: 书信，使徒书 |
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