EPISTLING

Verb

epistling

present participle of epistle

Source: Wiktionary


EPISTLE

E*pis"tle, n. Etym: [OE. epistle, epistel, AS. epistol, pistol, L. epistola, fr. Gr. epistle, epistre, F. épître. See Stall.]

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.)

Definition: 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.

E*pis"tle, v. t.

Definition: To write; to communicate in a letter or by writing. [Obs.] Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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