Examples of epistle in a Sentence
Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
Yet the novel evolved incrementally from public to private, epistle to narrative as the scope of the vision enlarged.
—David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2024
The Pauline epistles contain numerous references to women who were instrumental in the leadership of the early church: Phoebe, a deaconess; Chloe; Apphia; Euodia; Nympha; Junia.
—Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
The Rapture has no scriptural basis besides an obviously metaphorical verse in Paul’s first epistle to the Thessalonians.
—Michael Robbins, Harper’s Magazine , 9 Nov. 2022
Wohl imagines this section as an epistle to Bobby, describing what became of Edie.
—Jessica Ferri, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2022
In its paper-thin hypocrisy, his video epistle Was a minute-long rendition of his usual dog whistle.
—John Lithgow, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2021
The group epistle was sent to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, a division of HHS that works on research and tools to improve health care and policy.
—Tom Simonite, Wired, 24 Sep. 2020
His epistle to the American legal community drew cheers from Ahmari, who already shares his skepticism of the prevailing liberal order.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 2 Apr. 2020
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Word History
Middle English, letter, Epistle, from Anglo-French, from Latin epistula, epistola letter, from Greek epistolē message, letter, from epistellein to send to, from epi- + stellein to send
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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