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English Dictionary: Epistle by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
epistle
n
  1. a specially long, formal letter
  2. a book of the New Testament written in the form of a letter from an Apostle
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.
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