Thesaurus: epistle

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1. n. A writing directed or sent to a person or persons; a written communication; a letter; -- applied usually to formal, didactic, or elegant letters.
2. n. One of the letters in the New Testament which were addressed to their Christian brethren by Apostles.
3. v. t. To write; to communicate in a letter or by writing.
4. n. a specially long, formal letter
5. n. a book of the New Testament written in the form of a letter from an Apostle
6. One of the letters in the New Testament which were addressed totheir Christian brethren by Apostles. Epistle side, the right side ofan altar or church to a person looking from the nave toward thechancel.One sees the pulpit on the epistle side. R. Browning.
7. n:100 n. a specially long, formal letter n. a book of the New Testament written in the form of a letter from an Apostle