apostle

See also Apostle

English

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Pronunciation

• (RP): IPA: /əˈpɒs(ə)l/

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Etymology 1

From Old French apostle, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apostolos, “one sent forth, apostle”).

Noun

apostle (plural apostles)

1. A missionary, or leader of a religious mission, especially one in the early Christian Church (but see Apostle).
2. A pioneer or early advocate of a particular cause, prophet of a belief.
3. A top-ranking ecclesiastical official in the twelve seat administrative council of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
4. (obsolete, slang, Cambridge) A person who is plucked, i.e. refused an academic degree.

Synonyms

• disciple

Derived terms

Apostles' Creed apostleship apostle spoon

apostolate apostolic apostolicity

Translations

missionary or leader of a mission

• Arabic: رسول (ar) (rasūl)
• Armenian: առաքյալ (hy) (aṙak'yal)
• Breton: abostol (br) m
• Bulgarian: апостол (bg) (apóstol)
• Catalan: apòstol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 使徒 (cmn) (shǐtú)

• Cornish: abostol (kw) m
• Dutch: apostel (nl) m, zendeling (nl) m
• Finnish: apostoli (fi), lähetyssaarnaaja (fi)
• French: apôtre (fr) m, apôtre (fr) f, apôtresse (fr) f

  Old French: apostre m, apostle m

• German: Apostel (de) m, Apostelin (de) f, (fig.) Jünger (de) m
• Greek: απόστολος (el) (apóstolos) m

• Irish: aspal (ga) m
• Italian: apostolo (it) m
• Japanese: 使徒 (ja) (しと, shito)
• Jèrriais: apôtre m and f
• Luxembourgish: Apostel (lb) m
• Macedonian: апостол (mk) (ápostol) m
• Polish: apostoł (pl) m
• Portuguese: apóstolo (pt) m
• Russian: апостол (ru) (apóstol) m
• Spanish: apóstol (es) m
• Swedish: apostel (sv) c
• Turkish: havaryun (tr)
• Volapük: (♂♀) paostolan (vo), (♂) hipaostolan (vo), (♀) jipaostolan (vo)
• Walloon: apoisse (wa) m, apôte (wa) m

pioneer — see pioneer

top-ranking Mormon church official

• Finnish: apostoli (fi)
• French: apôtre (fr) m, apôtre (fr) f

• German: Apostel (de) m, Apostelin (de) f
• Volapük: (♂♀) paostolan (vo), (♂) hipaostolan (vo), (hypothetical, ♀) jipaostolan (vo)

(Cambridge) person who is refused his academic degree

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• Albanian: apostull (sq)

• Maltese: appostlu (mt)
• Portuguese: apóstolo (pt) m
• Romanian: apostol (ro) m, apostoli (ro) pl
• Spanish: apóstol (es) m

Etymology 2

See apostil.

Noun

apostle (plural apostles)

1. (law) A letter dismissory.
2. (law) A note sent to an appeal court presenting the appeal in summary.
3. (law) The trial court record sent to an appeal court concerning an appeal.

Anagrams

• ale post

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Old French

Noun

apostle m (oblique plural apostles, nominative singular apostles, nominative plural apostle)

1. apostle
   • circa 1100,, Chanson de Roland:

     Recleimet Deu e l’apostle de Rome

     Imploring God and the apostle of Rome

Descendants

• English: apostle
• French: apôtre
• Jèrriais: apôtre