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apostle
  1. A missionary, or leader of a religious mission, especially one in the early Christian Church (but see Apostle).
  2. A pioneer or early advocate of a particular cause, prophet of a belief.
  3. A top-ranking ecclesiastical official in the twelve seat administrative council of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
  4. (obsolete, Cambridge slang) A person who is plucked, i.e. refused an academic degree.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “In explaining this conundrum, one has to look at the elements of his psyche that had made him a true believer or, even more, a devout apostle.”
      “Hammond remained, like so many native sons of the Golden West, a devout apostle of the rugged individualism of the American frontier.”
      “It was written by the apostle St. James, called the Less, who was also called the brother of our Lord, being his kinsman.”
apostle
  1. (law) A letter dismissory.
  2. (law) A note sent to an appeal court presenting the appeal in summary.
  3. (law) The trial court record sent to an appeal court concerning an appeal.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “In explaining this conundrum, one has to look at the elements of his psyche that had made him a true believer or, even more, a devout apostle.”
      “Hammond remained, like so many native sons of the Golden West, a devout apostle of the rugged individualism of the American frontier.”
      “It was written by the apostle St. James, called the Less, who was also called the brother of our Lord, being his kinsman.”
apostolicity
  1. (Christianity) The quality of being apostolic, notably of preserving authenticity within the mission and tradition of the Christian church as founded by Jesus Christ and his twelve original Apostles, through their representatives and successors in the papacy and episcopate.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The catholicity of Rome began to overshadow the apostolicity of Anglicanism.”
      “This second authority, however, is not appealed to without the support of apostolicity.”
      “The principle of apostolicity was more strictly conceived and more surely applied.”
apostolicism
  1. (Christianity) The quality of being apostolical; apostolicity.
apostolicalness
  1. (Christianity, obsolete) The state or quality of being apostolical.
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apostleship
  1. The position, post, or duty of being an apostle
  2. Examples:
    1. “In the greeting, Paul establishes his credentials by asserting the divine basis of his apostleship.”
      “Would we rather not accept the responsibility of apostleship at Pentecost and its radical implications?”
      “She nodded as Pastor Bob gave the boys some last instructions in apostleship.”
apostolicness
  1. (Christianity) The state or quality of being apostolic.
apostlehood
  1. The state of being an apostle.
apostles
  1. plural of apostle
  2. (law) Letters dismissory.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Edwards then explains that the purpose of all this was to open a door for the apostles when they came to preach the gospel to the Gentiles.”
      “Jesus' apostles and disciples in the early Church felt the importance of prayer ahead of missionary activity.”
      “As a Bishop he pontificated that night and consecrated the apostles bishops so they might say the Mass with him.”
apostolicities
apostleships
  1. plural of apostleship
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