apostle
See also: Apostle
English
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file)
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French apostle, from Late Latin apostolus, from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS.. Merged with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English apostol, borrowing from the same Latin source.
Noun
apostle (plural apostles)
- A missionary, or leader of a religious mission, especially one in the early Christian Church (but see Apostle).
- (Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- Jesus called them one by one: / Peter, Andrew, James and John. / Next came Philip, Thomas too, / Matthew and Bartholomew. / James the one they called the Less, / Simon, also Thaddeus. / Judas twelve apostles made / Jesus was by him betrayed.
- A pioneer or early advocate of a particular cause, prophet of a belief.
- 1895–1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “The Eve of the War”, in The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, published 1898, →OCLC, book I (The Coming of the Martians), pages 4–5:
- [W]e must remember what ruthless and utter destruction our own species has wrought, not only upon animals, such as the vanished bison and the dodo, but upon its own inferior races. The Tasmanians, in spite of their human likeness, were entirely swept out of existence in a war of extermination waged by European immigrants, in the space of fifty years. Are we such apostles of mercy as to complain if the Martians warred in the same spirit?
- A top-ranking ecclesiastical official in the twelve seat administrative council of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- (obsolete, Cambridge slang) A person who is plucked, that is, refused an academic degree.[1]
Synonyms
Derived terms
- apostle mistletoe (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- Apostles' Creed
- apostleship
- apostle spoon
- apostolate
- apostolic
- apostolicity
Translations
missionary or leader of a mission
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pioneer — see pioneer
top-ranking Mormon church official
(Cambridge) person who is refused his academic degree
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Etymology 2
See apostil.
Noun
apostle (plural apostles)
- (law) A letter dismissory.
- (law) A note sent to an appeals court presenting the appeal in summary.
- (law) The trial court record sent to an appeal court concerning an appeal.
References
- ^ John S. Farmer & W. E. Henley, Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present, →ISBN, https://books.google.com/books?id=tNttOhz6_s8C
Anagrams
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin apostolus, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos, “one sent forth, apostle”).
Noun
apostle oblique singular, m (oblique plural apostles, nominative singular apostles, nominative plural apostle)
- apostle
- circa 1100,, Chanson de Roland:
- Recleimet Deu e l’apostle de Rome
- Imploring God and the apostle of Rome
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