epistle
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Epistle
A literary composition in the form of a letter or series of letters, especially one in verse.
(RQ:Hall Epistles)
(RQ:Dryden Aeneis)'', in his Firſt Epiſtle of the Second Book to ''Auguſtus Cæſar'', and of that to the ''Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus (consul 15 BC)|Piſo''’s, vvhich vve call his ''Poetica (Horace)|Art of Poetry''.
(RQ:Spectator)
(RQ:Hume Human Understanding)
A letter, especially one which is formal or issued publicly.
(RQ:Thomas More Workes), the neuiew of Pic&42864; Picus, had (as it appeareth in the firſt epiſtle of Picus to him) begon a chaunge in his liuyng: (..)
(RQ:Ascham Scholemaster)'' alſo, that diuine Philoſopher, hath many Godly medicines agaynſt the poyſon of vayne pleaſure, in many places, but ſpecially in his Epistles to ''I of Syracuse|Dioniſius'' the tyrant of ''Sicilie'': (..)
(RQ:Shakespeare Twelfth Night)
(RQ:Howell Epistolae)'', vvhen he ſhevved his Treaſures to the'' Babylonians'', that I have diſcovered my Riches to Thieves, vvho vvill bind me faſt and ſhare my Goods.'' To this I anſvver, that if thoſe innocent Letters (for I knovv none of them but is ſuch) fall among ſuch Thieves, they vvill have no great prize to carry avvay, it vvill be but ''petty larceny'': (..)
(RQ:Gibbon Roman Empire)|footnote=12|column=1|page=129|passage=The moſt authentic account of the education and adventures of (emperor)|Julian, is contained in the epiſtle or manifeſto vvhich he himſelf addreſſed to the ſenate and people of Athens.
(RQ:Landon Francesca Carrara)
(RQ:Bulwer-Lytton Richelieu)
(RQ:Doyle Valley of Fear)
''Chiefly with a qualifying word, as in'' epistle dedicatory: a letter of dedication addressed to a patron or reader published as a preface to a literary work.
(RQ:Nashe Saffron-Walden)
(RQ:Walton Compleat Angler)
(senseid) One of the books of the Testament which was originally a letter issued by an apostle to an individual or a community.
(RQ:Donne Letters)
(RQ:Locke Christianity)
(quote-book)
An extract from a New Testament epistle ''((senseno))'' or book other than a gospel which is read during a service, chiefly the Eucharist.
(RQ:Book of Common Prayer)
(RQ:Bailey Dictionary)
To write a letter to (someone).
To write (something) as an introduction or preface to a literary work; also, to provide (a literary work) with an introduction or preface.
(RQ:Milton Samson)'' calls an Epiſtle; in behalf of this Tragedy coming forth after the antient manner, much different from vvhat among us paſſes for beſt, thus much before-hand may be Epiſtl'd; that ''Chorus'' is here introduc'd after the Greek manner, not antient only but modern, and ſtill in uſe among the ''Italians''.
To write a letter.
To communicate with someone through a letter.