"apostolic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌæp.əˈstɒl.ɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌæp.əˈstɑːl.ɪk/ [US] Audio: en-us-apostolic.ogg
enPR: ăpˌ-ə-stŏlʹ-ĭk Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin apostolicus (“apostolic”), from Ancient Greek ἀποστολικός (apostolikós, “apostolic”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|apostolicus||apostolic}} Learned borrowing from Latin apostolicus (“apostolic”), {{der|en|grc|ἀποστολικός||apostolic}} Ancient Greek ἀποστολικός (apostolikós, “apostolic”) Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} apostolic
  1. (Christianity) Pertaining to apostles or their practice or teaching; pertaining to the apostles (of early Christianity) or their teachings. Categories (topical): Christianity
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  2. According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles. Translations (according to the doctrines of the apostles): ἀποστολικός (apostolikós) (Ancient Greek), առաքելական (aṙakʻelakan) (Armenian), apostòlic (Catalan), abostolek (Cornish), apostolisk (Danish), apostola (Esperanto), ápostolskur (Faroese), apostolinen (Finnish), apostolique (French), apostólico [masculine] (Galician), postullegur (Icelandic), aspalda (Irish), aspalach (Irish), apostolico (Italian), apostolicus (Latin), apostolique (Norman), apostolisk (Norwegian Bokmål), apostolski (Polish), apostólico (Portuguese), apostólico (Spanish), apostolisk (Swedish)
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  3. Of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy; papal. Translations (pertaining to the pope or the papacy): apostòlic (Catalan), apostolisch (Dutch), apostólico [masculine] (Galician), apostolisk (Norwegian Bokmål), pavelig (Norwegian Bokmål), apostolski (Polish), papieski (Polish), apostólico (Portuguese), apostólico (Spanish), apostolisk (Swedish)
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  4. Of or pertaining to the Catholic missions.
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Synonyms: Apostolic, apostolical Related terms: missionary, patristic Translations (pertaining to (the) apostles): ἀποστολικός (apostolikós) (Ancient Greek), առաքելական (aṙakʻelakan) (Armenian), апостолски (apostolski) (Bulgarian), apostòlic (Catalan), abostolek (Cornish), apoštolský (Czech), apostolisk (Danish), apostola (Esperanto), ápostolskur (Faroese), apostolinen (Finnish), apostolique (French), apostólico [masculine] (Galician), apostolisch (German), postullegur (Icelandic), aspalda (Irish), aspalach (Irish), apostolico (Italian), apostolicus (Latin), pósołski (Lower Sorbian), apostolique (Norman), apostolisk (Norwegian Bokmål), apostolski (Polish), apostólico (Portuguese), апо́стольский (apóstolʹskij) (Russian), apostolski (Serbo-Croatian), апостолски (Serbo-Croatian), apostólico (Spanish), apostolisk (Swedish), alagarin (Tagalog), אַפּאָסטאָליש (apostolish) (Yiddish)
Derived forms: apostolic age, apostolically, apostolic church (english: the church of any of the apostolic see; the Christian church in general during the apostolic age), apostolic constitution, apostolic exhortation, apostolic father (english: any of various early Christian theologians or leading figures traditionally believed to have known the apostles), apostolicism, apostolicity, apostolic letter, apostolicness, apostolic poverty (english: a 13th-century doctrine professed by the mendicant order), apostolic prefect (alt: pre-diocesan missionary prelate) (english: prefect apostolic), apostolic see (english: any of the see according to tradition founded by apostles), apostolic succession, apostolic visitor, isapostolic, nonapostolic, subapostolic, unapostolic, vicar apostolic Disambiguation of 'pertaining to (the) apostles': 44 51 2 3
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          "text": "Amply shall I deem myself remunerated if either by the holy Charm, the good Spell of Leighton's Words, than which few if any since the Apostolic age better deserve the name of Evangelical, or by my own notes and interpolations, the reflecting Reader should be enabled to apprehend—for we may rightly apprehend what no finite mind can fully comprehend—and attach a distinct meaning to, the Mysteries into which his Baptism is the initiation; and thus to feel and know, that Christian Faith is the perfection of Human Reason.",
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      "roman": "aṙakʻelakan",
      "sense": "pertaining to (the) apostles",
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