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Definition of epistle noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

epistle

noun

NAmE//ɪˈpɪsl//

1Epistle any of the letters in the New Testament of the Bible, written by the first people who followed Christ the Epistles of St. Paul

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2(formal or humorous) a long, serious letter on an important subject

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