Definition of Epistle

E`pis´tle
n.1.A writing directed or sent to a person or persons; a written communication; a letter; - applied usually to formal, didactic, or elegant letters.
2.(Eccl.) One of the letters in the New Testament which were addressed to their Christian brethren by Apostles.
Epistle side
the right side of an altar or church to a person looking from the nave toward the chancel.
One sees the pulpit on the epistle side.
- R. Browning.
v. t.1.To write; to communicate in a letter or by writing.


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letter, missive


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