Definition of epistle

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Epistle (v. t.) To write; to communicate in a letter or by writing.

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Favor :: Favor (n.) A letter or epistle; -- so called in civility or compliment; as, your favor of yesterday is received..
Epistolical :: Epistolical (a.) Pertaining to letters or epistles; in the form or style of letters; epistolary.
Epistle :: Epistle (v. t.) To write; to communicate in a letter or by writing.
Stratarithmetry :: Stratagemical (a.) Containing stratagem; as, a stratagemical epistle..
Petitionary :: Petitionary (a.) Containing a petition; of the nature of a petition; as, a petitionary epistle..
Epistoler :: Epistoler (n.) One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler.
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..
Epistler :: Epistler (n.) A writer of epistles, or of an epistle of the New Testament..
Extravagant :: Extravagant (n.) Certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at first included with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon law..
Letter :: Letter (n.) A letter; an epistle.
Pistil :: Pistil (n.) An epistle.
Letter :: Letter (n.) A written or printed communication; a message expressed in intelligible characters on something adapted to conveyance, as paper, parchment, etc.; an epistle..
Loose :: Loose (superl.) Containing or consisting of obscene or unchaste language; as, a loose epistle..
Epistolography :: Epistolography (n.) The art or practice of writing epistles.
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..
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..
Epistolizer :: Epistolizer (n.) A writer of epistles.
Epistolet :: Epistolet (n.) A little epistle.
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..
Petrine :: Petrine (a.) Of or pertaining to St.Peter; as, the Petrine Epistles..
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