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▪ I. † eˈpistolar, n. Obs.
In 6 apistiller.
[ad. med.L. epistolāre, -ārium.]
The book from which the ‘epistle’ is read.
c1530in Gutch Coll. Cur. II. 340 Two Claspes for the great Apistiller of silver and gilte.
▪ II. † epistolar, a. Obs.|ɪˈpɪstələ(r)|
Also 6 epistolare.
[ad. L. epistolār-is, f. epistola: see epistle.]
= epistolary in various senses.
1579Twyne Phisicke agst. Fortune ii. Ep. Ded. 153 a, The Epistolare Preface of Frauncis Petrarche. 1649Bp. Hall Cases Consc. ii. ii. (1654) 81, I have long agoe spent my opinion upon this point, in a large epistolar discourse. 1681H. More Exp. Dan. Pref. 50 The third is of the Epistolar Prophecy in the Apocalypse. 1715M. Davies Ath. Brit. I. 49 His Epistolar Stile..was rather copious than eloquent. |