Examples of apostle in a Sentence

a fervent apostle of universal health care

Recent Examples on the Web In Paul’s letter to Philemon, the apostle even commands a runaway slave to return to his master. — The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 July 2022 This traditional name owes its popularity in part to two New Testament figures: John the Baptist and the apostle John. — Martha Sorren, Woman's Day, 11 July 2022 Hunched over, incredulous, the apostle extends his hand as Christ pulls back his robe, revealing a lance wound left by a Roman soldier. — Thomas Curwenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2022 Even so, the apostle pointed to a recent Salt Lake Tribune story that separated the fact from the fiction in the show. — The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 May 2022 As an apostle of the dangers of disinformation, Mr. Obama might be an imperfect messenger. — New York Times, 20 Apr. 2022 Also: Church faces tithing scrutiny in Australia and an apostle shares Ramadan message. — David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Apr. 2022 Saul Griffith is perhaps the world’s leading apostle of electrification. — The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2022 On Thursday at dawn, Christofferson, the first Latter-day Saint apostle to tour West Africa in two years, offered a prayer at an ocean overlook to formally dedicate Gambia. — David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Feb. 2022 See More

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History and Etymology for apostle

Middle English apostel, apostle, postel, in part going back to Old English apostol, in part borrowed from Anglo-French apostle, apostoile, appostre, both borrowed from Late Latin apostolus "ambassador, Apostle (of the New Testament)," borrowed from Greek apóstolos "messenger, envoy, (Septuagint) messenger from God, (New Testament) Apostle," noun derivative of apostéllein "to send off or away, dispatch," from apo- apo- + stéllein "to set in order, equip, prepare for a journey, send," going back to Indo-European *stel- "put up, prepare," whence also Old Church Slavic posteljǫ, postĭlati "to spread out," Albanian shtiell "wind up, reel up, collect" (from *stel-n-) and perhaps Old Prussian stallīt "to stand," Armenian stełcanem, (aorist) stełci "prepare, create" (with -c- of uncertain origin)

Note: Along with Attic-Ionic stéllein, Greek forms in Lesbian dialect and forms attested by the grammarian Hesychius that appear to be Aeolic show a variant spel-/spol-. This has led to the conjecture of a distinct root *sk^wel- "set in order" alongside *stel- "send"; however, the evidence for *sk^wel- outside Greek is exiguous. Germanic *stal(l)jan- "to fix, set, place" (whence Old English stellan, Old Saxon stellian, Old High German stellen) could be an outcome of *stel-, though it is usually taken as denominal from *stalla- "stand, stall, stable" (see stall entry 1).

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