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Definition: Apostolical |
ApostolicalAdjective1. Of or relating to or deriving from the Apostles or their teachings. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "apostolical" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references) |
Synonym: ApostolicalSynonym: apostolic (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Judeo-Christian Revelation | Prophet; (seer); evangelist, apostle, disciple, saint; the Fathers, the Apostolical Fathers; Holy Men of old, inspired penmen. |
Adjective: scriptural, biblical, sacred, prophetic; evangelical, evangelistic; apostolic, apostolical; inspired, theopneustic, theophneusted, apocalyptic, ecclesiastical, canonical, textuary. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Apostolical |
| English words defined with "apostolical": Apostolical canons, Apostolical succession, Apostolicity. (references) |
| "Apostolical" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Apostolical" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "apostolical": Apostolical brief ♦ Apostolical canons ♦ Apostolical succession. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "apostolical"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | apostolik (apostolic), papnor (apostolic, papal, pontifical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | апостолски (apostolic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 使' (Apostolic, Apostolically). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | apoštolský (apostolic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | apostolische. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | apostoli (apostolic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | apostolico (apostolic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 사도 (Apostolic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ostyllagh (apostolic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | apostolicalay apostólico (apostolic). (various references) apostolic (apostolic), papal (apostolic, papal, popish). (various references) апостольский (apostolic), папский (apostolic, papain, papal). (various references) apostolski (apostolic). (various references) apostólico (apostolic). (various references) apostolisk (apostolic), påvlig (apostolic, papal, pontifical). (various references) apostoller ile ilgili (apostolic), havariler ile ilgili (apostolic). (various references) апостольський (apostolic), папський (apostolic, babylonian, papal, pontifical, popish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-i-l-l-o-o-p-s-t" | |
-2 letters: apostolic, latosolic. | |
-3 letters: aplastic, capitals, capitols, coalpits, copilots, localist, scotopia, tapiocas. | |
-4 letters: apicals, apollos, apostil, asocial, capital, capitol, catalos, citolas, coalpit, coastal, collops, copilot, coplots, latosol, optical, plastic, pollist, poloist, psoatic, scallop, scollop, solatia, spacial, spatial, stoical, tapalos, tapioca, topical, topsail, topsoil. | |
-5 letters: allots, apical, apollo, atolls, atopic, callas, capias, capita, casita, catalo, citola. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-i-l-l-o-o-p-s-t" | |
+4 letters: anisotropically, osteopathically, parasitological. | |
+5 letters: conspiratorially, monosynaptically. | |
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