epistle
English Thesaurus
1. a book of the New Testament written in the form of a letter from an Apostle (noun.communication)
hypernym | : | book, |
definition | : | a major division of a long written composition (noun.communication) |
instance hyponym | : | epistle of paul the apostle to the romans, epistle to the romans, romans, |
definition | : | a New Testament book containing an exposition of the doctrines of Saint Paul; written in AD 58 (noun.communication) |
instance hyponym | : | first epistle of paul the apostle to the corinthians, first epistle to the corinthians, i corinthians, |
definition | : | a New Testament book containing the first epistle from Saint Paul to the church at Corinth (noun.communication) |
instance hyponym | : | ii corinthians, second epistle of paul the apostle to the corinthians, second epistle to the corinthians, |
definition | : | a New Testament book containing the second epistle from Saint Paul to the church at Corinth (noun.communication) |
instance hyponym | : | epistle of paul the apostle to the galatians, epistle to the galatians, galatians, |
definition | : | a New Testament book containing the epistle from Saint Paul to the Galatians (noun.communication) |
instance hyponym | : | ephesians, epistle of paul the apostle to the ephesians, epistle to the ephesians, |
definition | : | a New Testament book containing the epistle from Saint Paul to the Ephesians which explains the divine plan for the world and the consummation of this in Christ (noun.communication) |
instance hyponym | : | epistle of paul the apostle to the philippians, epistle to the philippians, philippians, |
definition | : | a New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul to the church at Philippi in Macedonia (noun.communication) |
instance hyponym | : | colossians, epistle of paul the apostle to the colossians, epistle to the colossians, |
definition | : | a New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul to the Colossians in ancient Phrygia (noun.communication) |
instance hyponym | : | first epistle of paul the apostle to the thessalonians, first epistle to the thessalonians, i thessalonians, |
definition | : | a New Testament book containing Saint Paul's first epistle to the Thessalonians (noun.communication) |
instance hyponym | : | ii thessalonians, second epistle of paul the apostle to the thessalonians, second epistle to the thessalonians, |
definition | : | a New Testament book containing Saint Paul's second epistle to the Thessalonians (noun.communication) |
instance hyponym | : | first epistle of paul the apostle to timothy, first epistle to timothy, i timothy, |
definition | : | a New Testament book containing Saint Paul's first epistle to Timothy; contains advice on pastoral matters (noun.communication) |
instance hyponym | : | ii timothy, second epistle of paul the apostle to timothy, second epistle to timothy, |
definition | : | a New Testament book containing Saint Paul's second epistle to Timothy; contains advice on pastoral matters (noun.communication) |
instance hyponym | : | epistle of paul the apostle to titus, epistle to titus, titus, |
definition | : | a New Testament book containing Saint Paul's epistle to Titus; contains advice on pastoral matters (noun.communication) |
instance hyponym | : | epistle of paul the apostle to philemon, epistle to philemon, philemon, |
definition | : | a New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul to Philemon asking Philemon to forgive the slave for escaping (noun.communication) |
instance hyponym | : | epistle to the hebrews, hebrews, |
definition | : | a New Testament book traditionally included among the epistle of Saint Paul but now generally considered not to have been written by him (noun.communication) |
instance hyponym | : | epistle of james, james, |
definition | : | a New Testament book attributed to Saint James the Apostle (noun.communication) |
instance hyponym | : | first epistle of peter, i peter, |
definition | : | the first New Testament book traditionally attributed to Saint Peter the Apostle (noun.communication) |
instance hyponym | : | ii peter, second epistle of peter, |
definition | : | the second New Testament book traditionally attributed to Saint Peter the Apostle (noun.communication) |
instance hyponym | : | first epistle of john, i john, |
definition | : | the first New Testament epistle traditionally attributed to Saint John the Apostle (noun.communication) |
instance hyponym | : | ii john, second epistel of john, |
definition | : | the second New Testament epistle traditionally attributed to Saint John the Apostle (noun.communication) |
instance hyponym | : | iii john, third epistel of john, |
definition | : | the third New Testament epistle traditionally attributed to Saint John the Apostle (noun.communication) |
instance hyponym | : | epistle of jude, jude, |
definition | : | a New Testament book attributed to Saint Jude (noun.communication) |
part meronym | : | new testament, |
definition | : | the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible (noun.communication) |
2. a specially long, formal letter (noun.communication)
derivation | : | epistolary, epistolatory, |
definition | : | written in the form of or carried on by letters or correspondence (adj.all) |
derivation | : | epistolary, epistolatory, |
definition | : | written in the form of or carried on by letters or correspondence (adj.all) |
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