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/əˈpɑsl̩/ · noun
A missionary, or leader of a religious mission, especially one in the early Christian Church (but see Apostle)..
[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?
Use apostle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Apostle means A missionary, or leader of a religious mission, especially one in the early Christian Church (but see Apostle)..
Common synonyms include disciple.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[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?
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