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   E·pis·tle

   /iˈpis(ə)l/

   

   noun

   • 1. a letter: formal, humorous "activists firing off angry epistles"
   • ▪ a poem or other literary work in the form of a letter or series of letters. formal, humorous
   • ▪ a book of the New Testament in the form of a letter from an Apostle: formal, humorous "St. Paul's epistle to the Romans"
   • ▪ an extract from an Epistle (or another New Testament book not a Gospel) that is read in a church service. formal, humorous

   Word Origin Old English, via Latin from Greek epistolē, from epistellein ‘send news’, from epi ‘upon, in addition’ + stellein ‘send’. The word was reintroduced in Middle English from Old French.

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