Epistle



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. ( 长而重要的) 书信 ( 现在用于幽默说法)
• ［英］ n. ( 长而重要的) 书信 ( 现在用于幽默说法) ( a long, formal, instructive letter)
• ［记］ 来自Epistle ( 《圣经新约》中的使徒书)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English, letter, Epistle, from Anglo-French, from Latin epistula, epistola letter, from Greek epistolē message, letter, from epistellein to send to, from epi- + stellein to send
• Date: 13th century
• 1. capitalized
  • a. one of the letters adopted as books of the New Testament
  • b. a liturgical lection usually from one of the New Testament Epistles
• 2.
  • a. letter; especially a formal or elegant letter
  • b. a composition in the form of a letter
• ? epistler noun

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