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isapostolic, a.|aɪsæpɒˈstɒlɪk|
[f. eccl. Gr. ἰσαπόστολ-ος equal to an apostle + -ic: cf. apostolic.]
Equal to, or contemporary with, the apostles; a name given in the Greek Church to bishops consecrated by the apostles, and to other persons eminent in the primitive church.
1860Neale in Lit. Churchman VI. 168/1 The Isapostolic writers of the first century. 1862Chr. Remembrancer XLIV. 407 With reference to the Isapostolic fathers. 1881Ch. Times 11 Mar. 164 The representative of the apostolic or isapostolic succession of the Britons. |