Epistle

Definition: Epistle

Epistle

Noun

1. Especially a long, formal letter.

Date "epistle" was first used: 12th century. (references)

Synonyms within Context: Epistle

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Correspondence	Noun: correspondence, letter, epistle, note, billet, post card, missive, circular, favor, billet-doux; chit, chitty, letter card, picture post card; postal, card; despatch; dispatch; bulletin, these presents; rescript, rescription; post; (messenger).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Epistle

English words defined with "epistle": Antilegomena ♦ Decretal ♦ Epistle side, Epistler, Epistoler, Epistolet ♦ General epistle, gradual ♦ Introit ♦ James ♦ Maranatha ♦ Saint James, Saint James the Apostle, St James, St James the Apostle, Stratagemical. (references)

Specialty definitions using "epistle": Aristobulus ♦ Back-stair Influence, Bathyllus ♦ Cashier', Cenchrea ♦ Damn with Faint Praise, Doctors Disagree, Dying Sayings ♦ Elect lady, Epistles ♦ John, Third Epistle of ♦ Laodicea, Epistle from, Lynceus ♦ Man of Ross, Miletus ♦ Nicopolis, Nymphas ♦ Onesimus ♦ Peter, Second Epistle of, Philemon, Epistle to, Pick a Hole in his Coat ♦ Tertius, Timothy, Second Epistle to, Tryphena and Tryphosa ♦ Utilitarians. (references)

Etymologies containing "epistle": Stratagemical. (references)

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Modern Usage: Epistle

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Epistle (1961)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Epistle

Domain	Title
Books	The Epistle to the Ephesians (reference) The Epistle to the Philippians: A Commentary on the Greek Text (New International Greek Testament Commentary) (reference) The Epistle to the Romans (reference) The First Epistle to the Corinthians (New International Greek Testament Commentary) (reference) The Second Epistle to the Corinthians (New International Commentary on the New Testament) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Epistle Texts (reference) (more periodical examples)

Music	Mozart: The Epistle Sonatas (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: Epistle

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	The fact is, that the contents of the epistle had glanced off from Marius.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Epistle

"Epistle" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.90% of the time. "Epistle" is used about 82 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
Noun (singular)	93.9%	77	37,929
Noun (proper)	3.66%	3	202,518
Lexical Verb (base form)	2.44%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	82	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Epistle

Expressions using "epistle": Epistle side ♦ General epistle. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "epistle": verse-epistle.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Epistle

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
the epistle of james	14
epistle	13
epistle of barnabas	8
epistle roman	7
epistle to the hebrew	4
epistle first john	3
barnabus epistle	3
epistle writer	2
epistle living	2
epistle jude	2
bible epistle james	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Epistle

Language		Translations for "epistle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		letrat e apostujve të krishtit, letër në vargje, letër (communication, Favor, favour, letter, message, paper). (various references)

Arabic		‏رسالة إنجيلية, ‏رسالة (bill, brief, despatch, dispatch, letter, message, mission, missive, tractate, treatise, writing). (various references)

Bulgarian		ферман (screed), послание (breve, letter, message, missive), дълго писмо. (various references)

Chinese		書信 . (various references)

Czech		epištola. (various references)

Dutch		zendbrief (letter), epistel (letter), brief (letter). (various references)

Esperanto		epistolo (letter). (various references)

Farsi		نامه منظوم , نامه (Letter, Manifest), رساله (Act, Booklet, Brochure, Disquisition, Dissertation, Enchiridion, Handbook, Leaflet, Textbook, Tract, Treatise). (various references)

Finnish		epistola. (various references)

French		courrier, épître. (various references)

German		Sendschreiben (epistles, letter, missive), epistel (lesson, letter, missive). (various references)

Greek		επιστολή (despatch, dispatch, letter, missive). (various references)

Hebrew		א�'רת (deed, despatch, dispatch, document, edict, letter, lettercard, missive, note, writ), � שתון. (various references)

Hungarian		levél (billet, dispatch, flag, leaf, letter, missive, sheet, special delivery), apostoli levél. (various references)

Indonesian		surat (letter). (various references)

Italian		epistola. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		書簡 (letter, note). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		しょか�" (correspondence, feeling, impression, jurisdiction, letter, note). (various references)

Manx		screeuyn (brief, chitty, document, inscription, legend, letter, lettering, missive, note, notes, script), pistyl. (various references)

Pig Latin		epistleay

Portuguese		epístola (epistyle, letter). (various references)

Romanian		epistolã (letter), scrisoare (Favor, favour, letter, writ, writing), rãvaş (letter). (various references)

Russian		эпистола, послание (message, missive). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		poslanica (epistyle, message, missive), pismo (epistyle, letter, missive, tails, writing). (various references)

Spanish		epístola. (various references)

Swedish		epistel, brev (brief, briefs, letter, line, missive). (various references)

Turkish		yeni ahit'te yazılmış bir mektup, name, mektup (letter, missive, post). (various references)

Ukranian		послання (letter, pastoral, proclamation). (various references)

Welsh		epistol, llythyr (letter). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Epistle

Language	Period	Translations
Greek	700 BCE-300 CE	epistole. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	epistola, epistula, littera, litterae, litteram, litterarum, litteras, litteris. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Epistle

Language	Date	Source	Romans Chapter 16, Verse 22
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Aspazomai umaV egw tertioV o grayaV thn epistolhn en kuriw
Latin	405	Vulgate	Saluto vos ego Tertius qui scripsi epistulam in Domino
Old English	990	West Saxon	Ic, Tertius, þe wræt þis gewrit haletteð eow in Drihtne.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Y Tercius grete you wel, that wroot this epistle, in the Lord.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	I Tertius salute you which wrote this epistle in the Lorde.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	I, Tertius, who have done the writing of this letter, send love in the Lord.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Epistle

Language	Romans Chapter 16, Verse 22
Cebuano	Ako si Tercio, ang nagkudlit niining maong sulat, nangomusta kaninyo diha sa Ginoo.
Chinese	我這代筆寫信的德丟、在主裡面問 � 們安。
Croatian	Pozdravljam vas u Gospodinu ja, Tercije, koji napisah ovu poslanicu.
Danish	Jeg,Tertius, som har nedskrevet dette Brev, hilser eder i Herren.
Dutch	Ik, Tertius, die den brief geschreven heb, groet u in den Heere.
Finnish	Minä Tertius, joka olen kirjoittanut tämän kirjeen, sanon teille tervehdyksen Herrassa.
French	Je vous salue dans le Seigneur, moi Tertius, qui ai écrit cette lettre.
German	Ich, Tertius, grüße euch, der ich diesen Brief geschrieben habe, in dem HERRN.
Haitian Creole	Mwen menm, Tèsiyis, ki kouche lèt sa a sou papye, mwen voye bonjou pou nou nan renmen Kris la.
Hungarian	Köszöntelek titeket az Úrban én Tertius, ki e levelet írtam.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Yang menulis surat ini adalah saya, Tertius. Saya mengucapkan salam persaudaraan kepada kalian.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Aku ini Tertius, yang menulis surat ini, berkirim salam kepadamu di dalam Tuhan.
Italian	Vi saluto nel Signore anch'io, Terzo, che ho scritto la lettera.
Latvian	Es, Tercijs, ðîs vçstules rakstîtâjs, sveicinu jûs Kungâ.
Maori	Ko ahau tenei, ko Teretiu, ko te kaituhituhi o tenei pukapuka, te oha atu nei ki a koutou i roto i te Ariki.
Norwegian	Jeg Tertius, som nedskriver brevet, hilser eder i Herren.
Portuguese	Eu, Tércio, que escrevo esta carta, vos saúdo no Senhor.
Rumanian	Vq trimet sqnqtate kn Domnul eu, Teryiu, care am scris epistola aceasta. -
Russian	рТЙЧЕФУФЧХА ЧБУ Ч зПУ� П�"Е Й С, фЕТФЙК, � ЙУБЧЫЙК УЙЕ � ПУМБОЙЕ.
Shuar	Wi, Tersiu asan, Papru chichamen ju papinium aateakun Kristu Náariin amikmaajrume.
Spanish	Yo Tercio, que he escrito la epístola, os saludo en el Señor.
Swahili	Nami Tertio, ninayeandika barua hii nawasalimuni katika Bwana.
Swedish	Jag, Tertius, som har nedskrivit detta brev, hälsar eder i Herren.
Uma	Aku', Tertius, to napopale Paulus mpo'uki' sura toi, mpo'uli' wo'o-a-kuwo tabe-ku hi rala Pue' Yesus hi ompi' -ompi' hi Roma.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Epistle

Derivations
	Words beginning with "epistle": epistler, epistlers, epistles. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Epistle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: apistle, eisle, eoistle, epist, epistel, Epistolae, epite, epitlet, epsitle, Neopastel, pistle. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Epistle"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "epistle" (pronounced i'pi"sul)
4	-i" s u l	antimissile, bristle, dismissal, fissile, gristle, missal, missel, missile, Thistle, whistle.
3	-s u l	apostle, Axel, axle, basal, brasil, bustle, cancel, capsule, Castle, colossal, consul, council, counsel, diesel, dispersal, docile, dorsal, facile, fossil, gracile, Hansel, Hassel, hassle, housel, hustle, imbecile, jostle, microfossil, morsel, mucosal, muscle, mussel, Nestle, parcel, Passel, pencil, pixel, Proconsul, rehearsal, reversal, rustle, stencil, tassel, Tattersall, tensile, Tercel, tinsel, tonsil, Tressel, trestle, tussle, universal, unsell, utensil, vassal, vessel, wrestle.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Epistle

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: pelites.
	Words within the letters "e-e-i-l-p-s-t"
	-1 letter: elites, listee, pelite, pestle, stipel.
	-2 letters: elite, islet, istle, leets, peels, peise, peles, pelts, piles, piste, plies, sleep, sleet, slept, slipe, slipt, speel, speil, spelt, spiel, spile, spilt, spite, split, steel, steep, stele, stile, stipe, teels, teles, tiles.
	-3 letters: eels, else, isle, lees, leet, leis, lept, lest, lets, lies, lipe, lips, lisp, list.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-i-l-p-s-t"
	+1 letter: epistler, epistles, epistyle, peltries, penlites, perlites, petioles, plenties, reptiles, spikelet, steplike.
	+2 letters: antisleep, apetalies, clipsheet, depilates, epistlers, epistoler, epistyles, lepidotes, palletise, pearliest, pearlites, pebbliest, pelletise, penalties, peristyle, pestilent, pistoleer, politesse, sepiolite, sleepiest, spikelets, splenetic, tapelines, triplexes.
	+3 letters: clipsheets, depletions, despiteful, diplotenes, enthalpies, epileptics, epistolers, expletives, explicates, exploiters, implements, interlopes, legateship, leptospire, multispeed, nephelites, paillettes, palletised, palletises, palletizes, pelletised, pelletises, pelletizes, penalities, periosteal, peristyles, pestilence, petalodies, petiolules, phlegmiest, pistoleers, plaistered, plasticene, plebiscite, plenitudes, pointelles, politeness, politesses, polytenies, potbellies, priestlier, princelets, psalteries, pyelitises, repletions, replicates, sepiolites, septennial, shapeliest, specialest, sperrylite, sphalerite, spherulite, spleeniest, splenetics, splintered, stripeless, superelite, suppletive, tailpieces, telescopic, teliospore, terpineols.
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