epistle
Word family nounepistlerepistolarianepistolerepistoletepistolistepistolographyepistleverbepistolize
e·pis·tle /ɪˈpɪsəl/ noun [countableC] formalTCM a long or important letter 〔篇幅长或内容重要的〕书信 Epistle /ɪˈpɪsəl/ noun [countableC] RRCone of the letters in the New Testament of the Bible 〔《圣经·新约》中的〕使徒书信 Epistle• Support for such a position can be found in the Gospel and Epistles of John.• Holberg asked Marie to take him across the water and he left a note about that meeting in his eighty-seventh Epistle.• He studied hard at the Epistle to the Hebrews.• The subdeacon's duties were to prepare the bread and wine and the vessels for the mass and to chant the Epistle.• Second, his spirituality was based on the Epistles of St Paul. Origin epistle (1100-1200) Old French Greek epistole “message, letter”, from epistellein “to send to”