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单词 epistle
释义
epistlee‧pis‧tle /ɪˈpɪsəl/ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINepistle
Origin:
1100-1200 Old French, Greek epistole ‘message, letter’, from epistellein ‘to send to’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Can you keep one bookmark in the page for the gospel and turn to our epistle in 1 Corinthians 8.
  • He was the author of the Fourth Gospel, three biblical epistles, and the book of the Revelation.
  • Leapor's reference to the fly is a signal that she is arguing against Pope's epistle.
  • Now Malcolm has asked for a bit more of my own feelings and thoughts in these epistles.
  • Thank you for various letters, telling me you read these epistles, and asking questions.
  • The whole machinery of prefaces, dedicatory epistles and the like is designed to focus attention on the writer himself.
word sets
WORD SETS
address, verbaddressee, nounaerogramme, nounairmail, nounbox number, nouncertified mail, nounChristmas card, nounc/o, compliment slip, nouncorrespond, verbcorrespondence, nouncorrespondent, nouncovering letter, nouncover letter, noundate stamp, noundead letter, noundirect mail, nounenclose, verbenclosure, nounenvelope, nounepistle, nounesquire, nounexpress, nounexpress mail, nounfirst class, nounfirst-class, adjectiveforward, verbforwarding address, nounFPO, frank, verbfranking machine, nounFreepost, noungeneral delivery, nounJiffy bag, nounjunk mail, nounletterbox, nounlove letter, nounmailbag, nounmailbox, nounmail carrier, nounmail drop, nounmailer, nounmailing list, nounmailman, nounmailshot, nounmail train, nounmanila, nounmissive, nounmoney order, nounnote card, nounnotelet, nounnotepaper, nounnr, p & p, packet boat, nounparcel, nounparcel post, nounpcm, pen friend, nounpen pal, nounpigeonhole, nounpillar box, nounPO, PO Box, nounpoison-pen letter, nounpost, nounpost, verbpostage, nounpostage meter, nounpostage stamp, nounpostal, adjectivepostal order, nounpostbag, nounpostbox, nounpostcard, nounpostcode, nounposte restante, nounpostie, nounpostman, nounpostmark, nounpostmaster, nounpostmistress, nounpost office, nounpost office box, nounpostscript, nounpp., PPS, nounPS, nounredirect, verbregister, verbregistered post, nounreply-paid, adjectiveRR, sae, nounsalutation, nounSASE, nounsecond class, nounself-addressed, adjectivesender, nounsnail mail, nounsorting office, nounspecial delivery, nounstamp, nounstamp, verbstamped addressed envelope, nounsurface mail, nounthird class, nounvalentine, nounwriting paper, nounX, nounzip code, noun
formal a long or important letter
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