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单词 apostolate
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apostolaten.

Brit. /əˈpɒstəleɪt/, /əˈpɒstələt/, U.S. /əˈpɑstəˌleɪt/, /əˈpɑstələt/
Etymology: < Latin apostolātus: see apostle n. and -ate suffix1.
a. The office or position of an apostle; leadership in a propaganda.
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apostlehooda1000
apostleship1526
apostolate1642
society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > [noun] > an alliance or association for common purpose > leadership in
apostolate1748
1642 E. Dering Coll. Speeches on Relig. 132 To take Matthias from a Disciple into the lot and fellowship of an Apostolate.
1748 J. Wesley 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.
1839 Blackwood's Mag. 46 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.
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apostolate1897
1897 Westm. Gaz. 1 Oct. 4/2 The little settlement is an apostolate of mercy.
1905 Tablet 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.
1911 Catholic Encycl. XII. 107/1 Ven. Vincent Mary Pallotti..gave to his society the name of ‘Catholic Apostolate’, afterwards changed by Pius IX to the ‘Pious Society of Missions’.
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