epistle

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Editorial note

Makes sense...I didn't mean specifically put an epistle.

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Quick take

a specially long, formal letter

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noun

a specially long, formal letter

noun

a book of the New Testament written in the form of a letter from an Apostle

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for epistle.

noun

a specially long, formal letter

noun

a book of the New Testament written in the form of a letter from an Apostle

Example sentences

Makes sense...I didn't mean specifically put an epistle.

The first volume will contain the four gospels, the second Acts, Romans, and some of the epistles.

The poem is a fragment from a larger epistle... there are probably a dozen accurate translations of it, all different.

This was not an epistle on sociological performances.

The dismal science has earned the name many times over: no one wants to read a long-winded epistle on the relationship between bond yields and non-farm employment in Alabama between 1993 and 1998, and that's where a lot of the interesting parts of econ lie.

Besides, the way the post read and how quickly such a long epistle was posted felt more like it was simply copy-pasted from some conspiracy theorist's manifest, rather than written by someone genuinely interested in taking part in the discussion.

The Apostle St. Paul in his epistle to Timothy refers to the Church as the "pillar and foundation of truth"[7]; St. Cyprian of Carthage, a bishop in the 3rd Century, would remind his flock that "he cannot have God for his Father who has not the Church for his mother.