Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
apostle
IPA transcription: [əp'ɔsəl]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
Apostle
Meaning:
(New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel
Synonyms:
Apostle, Apostelic_Father
Meaning:
any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people
Synonyms:
apostle
Meaning:
an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform; "an apostle of revolution"
Usage examples
11) wrote the Apostle from his Roman prison.
The Apostle Paul's life would be almost a blank.
"The Apostle John never made any such complaint.
"My God! my God!" exclaimed the dying apostle, "have pity on me!"
The Apostle Paul tells us that every man must work out his own salvation.
In his recent letter he denies that the apostle ever made such a complaint.
In calm, sun-days the sugar pine preaches like an enthusiastic apostle without moving a leaf.
He wished her to have no freedom of mind, and he knew perfectly well that Ralph was an apostle of freedom.
'By the Lord, I believe the Apostle's right,--the whole place reeks to me of hankey-pankey,--it did as soon as I put my nose inside.
But, in truth, the scrupulosity of the Puritan was not that sort of scrupulosity which the Apostle had commanded believers to respect.