Apostolic
[,æpə'stɒlɪk] or [,æpə'stɑlɪk]
Definition
(adj.) of or relating to or deriving from the Apostles or their teachings .
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Definition
(a.) Alt. of Apostolical
(n.) A member of one of certain ascetic sects which at various times professed to imitate the practice of the apostles.
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Examples
- Practically I find that what is called being apostolic now, is an impatience of everything in which the parson doesn't cut the principal figure. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He put in for me, with a zeal that was quite apostolic. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Documents of various kinds, including gospels and apostolic epistles, circulated widely. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- My uncle says that Mr. Tyke is spoken of as an apostolic man, said Dorothea, meditatively. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- That apostolic passion that could win whole nations to the Kingdom of Heaven was dead in the church. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Besides, an apostolic man at Lowick! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- An apostolic man, I believe--the sort of thing that would suit you, my dear. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I don't pretend to say that Farebrother is apostolic, said Lydgate. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Checker: Sandra