Epistle

Quick meaning: Epistle is a noun meaning A literary composition in the form of a letter or series of letters, especially one in verse.

Meaning

A literary composition in the form of a letter or series of letters, especially one in verse.

More Meanings

1. One of the books of the New Testament which was originally a letter issued by an apostle to an individual or a community.
2. To write (something) in, or in the form of, a letter.
3. To write a letter to (someone).
4. To write (something) as an introduction or preface to a literary work; also, to provide (a literary work) with an introduction or preface.
5. To write a letter.
6. An extract from a New Testament epistle (noun sense 3.1) or book other than a gospel which is read during a church service, chiefly the Eucharist.
7. (chiefly literary or humorous) A letter, especially one which is formal or issued publicly.

Example Sentences

Plato alſo, that diuine Philoſopher, hath many Godly medicines agaynſt the poyſon of vayne pleaſure, in many places, but ſpecially in his Epistles to Dioniſius the tyrant of Sicilie: […]

[Y]our Grace ſhal herein perceiue a nevv faſhion of diſcourſe, by Epistles; nevv to our language, uſual to others: and (as Noueltie is neuer vvithout ſome plea of vſe) more free, more familiar.

After that John Frauncis [i.e., Giovanni Francesco Pico della Mirandola], the neuiew of Picꝰ [Picus], had (as it appeareth in the firſt epiſtle of Picus to him) begon a chaunge in his liuyng: […]

I vvill drop in his vvay ſome obſcure Epiſtles of loue, vvherein by the colour of his beard, the ſhape of his legge, the manner of his gate, the expreſſure of his eye, forehead, and complection, he ſhall finde himſelfe moſt feelingly perſonated.

Word Forms

• epistles
• epistling
• epistled

Synonyms for epistle

Depending on context, synonyms include pistle.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dedicatory, message, communication, correspondence, dispatch, letter.

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