English Dictionary: Epistle | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. [82]p[8c]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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Epistle \E*pis"tle\, v. t. To write; to communicate in a letter or by writing. [Obs.] --Milton. |