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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
epistle /ɪˈpɪs(ə)l/

▶noun formal or humorous a letter.

■ (Epistle) a book of the New Testament in the form of a letter from an Apostle.

– origin OE, via L. from Gk epistolē, from epistellein ‘send news’.

'epistle' also found in these Oxford entries:

Col. - Cor. - Ep. - Eph. - Gal. - gradual - Heb. - Jn - letter - Phil. - Rom. - Thess.

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