Epistle /(?)/
E·pis·tle
Epistle
n.
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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.
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One of the letters in the New Testament which were addressed to their Christian brethren by Apostles. (Eccl.)
One sees the pulpit on the epistle side.
Phrases & Compounds
- Epistle side
- the right side of an altar or church to a person looking from the nave toward the chancel.
Epistle
v. t.
- To write; to communicate in a letter or by writing. [Obs.]