01 n. A writing directed or sent to a person or persons; a written communication; a letter; -- applied usually to formal, didactic, or elegant letters.
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A writing directed or sent to a person or persons; a written communication; a letter; -- applied usually to formal, didactic, or elegant letters.“A madman's epistles are no gospels.” — Shak.
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One of the letters in the New Testament which were addressed to their Christian brethren by Apostles.(Eccl.)“One sees the pulpit on the epistle side.” — R. Browning.
Phrases & compounds
Epistle side —
the right side of an altar or church to a person looking from the nave toward the chancel.