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Epistle - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Epistle : (noun)
1: especially a long, formal letter
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Epistle : \E*pis"tle\, v. t.
To write; to communicate in a letter or by writing. [Obs.]
--Milton.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Epistle : \E*pis"tle\, n. [OE. epistle, epistel, AS. epistol,
pistol, L. epistola, fr. Gr. ? anything sent by a messenger,
message, letter, fr. ? to send to, tell by letter or message;
'epi` upon, to _ ? to dispatch, send; cf. OF. epistle,
epistre, F. ['e]p[^i]tre. See Stall.]
1. A writing directed or sent to a person or persons; a
written communication; a letter; -- applied usually to
formal, didactic, or elegant letters.
A madman's epistles are no gospels. --Shak.
2. (Eccl.) One of the letters in the New Testament which were
addressed to their Christian brethren by Apostles.
Epistle side, the right side of an altar or church to a
person looking from the nave toward the chancel.
One sees the pulpit on the epistle side. --R.
Browning.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Epistle |
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palintwibe: via @jay_pe First Epistle to Timothy (Translated) http://digg.com/u1ICzg #palin #tcot |
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KyleJacobRitter: #BookThursday "The Epistle to the Romans"- Karl Barth |
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hchorey: Say, 'Now all the pleasure you have been denied is turned into poetry.' Say, 'God has committed you to memory.'" - Mark Jarmin, Epistle #7 |
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