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noun Etymology: Middle English, letter, Epistle, from Anglo-French, from Latin epistula, epistola letter, from Greek epistole message, letter, from epistellein to send to, from epi- + stellein to send Date: 13th century 1. capitalized a. one of the letters adopted as books of the New Testament b. a liturgical lection usually from one of the New Testament Epistles 2. a. letter; especially a formal or elegant letter b. a composition in the form of a letter • ~r noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 formal or joc. a letter, esp. a long one on a serious subject. 2 (Epistle) a any of the letters of the apostles in the New Testament. b an extract from an Epistle read in a church service. 3 a poem or other literary work in the form of a letter or series of letters. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L epistola f. Gk epistole f. epistello send news (as EPI-, stello send) EPISTOLARY adj. 1 in the style or form of a letter or letters. 2 of, carried by, or suited to letters. Etymology: F {eacute}pistolaire or L epistolaris (as EPISTLE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. послание; эпистола 2. церк. апостольское послание 3. отрывок из апостольского послания to read the E. —- читать из апостола ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ n formal a long or important letter Epistle ~ n one of the letters written by the first Christians which are in the New Testament of the Bible ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 12c., from O.Fr. epistle, from L. epistola "letter," from Gk. epistole "message, letter," from epistellein "send to," from epi- "to" + stellein "send." Originally acquired in O.E. directly from L. as pistle, in a biblical sense. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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