"epistology" meaning in All languages combined

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          "ref": "1980, Mark R. Cohen, “The Problem of Origins”, in Jewish Self-Government in Medieval Egypt: The Origins of the Office of the Head of the Jews, CA. 1065-1126, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, page 46",
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          "ref": "1994, Helen Chukwuma, editor, Feminism in African Literature: Essays on Criticism, Enugu: New Generation Books, page 96",
          "text": "Sembene uses the epistology form to elicit the female point of view in sensitive issues. These letters are written by female characters revealing their female experiences.",
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          "ref": "2005, “Friends”, in Colin White, editor, Nelson: The New Letters, The Boydell Press in association with the National Maritime Museum and the Royal Naval Museum, part one (The Man and the Admiral), page 24",
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