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apostolate|əˈpɒstəleɪt|
[ad. L. apostolātus: see apostle and -ate1.]
a. The office or position of an apostle; leadership in a propaganda.
1642Sir E. Dering Sp. on Relig. 132 To take Matthias from a Disciple into the lot and fellowship of an Apostolate. 1748Wesley Wks. 1872 XII. 102, I no otherwise assume the Apostolate of England (if you choose to use the phrase) than I assume the Apostolate of all Europe. 1839Blackw. Mag. XLVI. 10 The zeal with which he discharged the apostolate of infidelity.
b. A society or sodality of persons having as their object the propagation of a method or rule of faith, life, or conduct.
1897Westm. Gaz. 1 Oct. 4/2 The little settlement is an apostolate of mercy. 1905Tablet 14 Oct. 607/2 The mere mention of that oxymoron the ‘lay-apostolate’ causes among Catholics of the elder generation a wise shaking of heads. 1911Catholic Encycl. XII. 107 Ven. Vincent Mary Pallotti..gave to his society the name of ‘Catholic Apostolate’, afterwards changed by Pius IX to the ‘Pious Society of Missions’. |