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Pronunciation : E*pis"tle
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. epistle, epistel, AS. epistol, pistol, L. epistola, fr. Gr. epistle, epistre, F. ?p?tre. See Stall.]
Definition : 1. A writing directed or sent to a person or persons; a written communication; a letter; -- applied usually to formal, didactic, or elegant letters. A madman's epistles are no gospels. Shak.

2. (Eccl.)

Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : E*pis"tle
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To write; to communicate in a letter or by writing. [Obs.] Milton.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913