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apostle
/əˈpɑsl̩/
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What does apostle mean?
noun
- A missionary, or leader of a religious mission, especially one in the early Christian Church (but see Apostle).
- A pioneer or early advocate of a particular cause, prophet of a belief.
- A top-ranking ecclesiastical official in the twelve seat administrative council of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
More meanings (7)
noun
- A letter dismissory.
- A note sent to an appeals court presenting the appeal in summary.
- The trial court record sent to an appeal court concerning an appeal.
- Any of the group of twelve disciples chosen by Jesus to preach and spread the Gospel.
- A top-ranking ecclesiastical official in the twelve-seat Mormon administrative council.
- (obsolete) A person who is plucked, that is, refused an academic degree.
proper noun
- A transliteration of the Greek male given name Απόστολος (Apóstolos). A rare transcription; usually transliterated as Apostolos.
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Claiming to come from one so near the great apostle, they were prized as a most precious supplement to Holy Writ.
And, as an apostle of truth, I distinctly perceived that a reputation for perspicacity and sound judgment was essential to my mission.
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As if he had forgotten that he had already berated them, the Apostle once more reproves those who provoke and envy others.
It ascribed fixity and finality to that "creature" in which an apostle taught us to recognise the birth-struggles of an unexhausted progress.