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 Definitions of apostolic  [ˌæp əˈstɒl ɪk]  

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Definition of 'apostolic' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) apostolic
of or characteristic of an apostle.

2.  apostolic
derived from the apostles in regular succession.

3.  apostolic
of or pertaining to the pope; papal.

Etymology:  (1540–50; < LL < Gk)

Definition of 'apostolic' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) apostolic, apostolical
of or relating to or deriving from the Apostles or their teachings

2. (adj) papal, apostolic, apostolical, pontifical
proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles
"papal dispensation"


Definition of 'apostolic' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) apostolic
alt. of Apostolical

2. (noun) apostolic
a member of one of certain ascetic sects which at various times professed to imitate the practice of the apostles


Translation of 'apostolic' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (often with capital) a man sent out to preach the gospel in the early Christian church, especially one of the twelve disciples of Christ
Matthew and Mark were apostles.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: apostolies Arabic flag Arabic: رَسولي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: апостолски
Brazilian flag Brazilian: apostólico Czech flag Czech: apoštolský German flag German: apostolisch
Danish flag Danish: apostolsk; pavelig Greek flag Greek: αποστολικός Spanish flag Spanish: apostólico
Estonian flag Estonian: apostellik Farsi flag Farsi: وابسته به حواریون Finnish flag Finnish: apostolinen
French flag French: apostolique Hebrew flag Hebrew: שֶׁל הָאֲפִיפיוֹר Hindi flag Hindi: प्रेर‍ितिक
Croatian flag Croatian: apostolski Hungarian flag Hungarian: apostoli Indonesian flag Indonesian: apostolik
Icelandic flag Icelandic: postullegur Italian flag Italian: apostolico Japanese flag Japanese: 使徒の
Korean flag Korean: 사도의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: apaštališkas Latvian flag Latvian: apustuļu-
Malay flag Malay: ajaran mubaligh Dutch flag Dutch: apostolisch Norwegian flag Norwegian: apostolisk
Polish flag Polish: apostolski Persian flag Persian: وابسته به حواریون Pashto flag Pashto: حواریون پوری اړه لری
Portuguese flag Portuguese: apostólico Romanian flag Romanian: apostolic Russian flag Russian: апостольский
Slovak flag Slovak: apoštolský Slovenian flag Slovenian: apostolski Serbian flag Serbian: apostolski
Swedish flag Swedish: apostolisk, påvlig Thai flag Thai: ที่เกี่ยวกับการเผยแผ่ศาสน Turkish flag Turkish: havarilere ait
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 使徒的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: апостольський Urdu flag Urdu: حواریانہ ، ھادیانہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thuộc tông đồ Chinese flag Chinese: 使徒的

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