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Definition of apostle
1 : one sent on a mission: such asa : one of an authoritative New Testament group sent out to preach the gospel and made up especially of Christ's 12 original disciples and Paulb : the first prominent Christian missionary to a region or group St. Boniface, the Apostle of Germany
2a : a person who initiates a great moral reform or who first advocates an important belief or systemb : an ardent supporter : adherent apostles of high technology
3 : the highest ecclesiastical official in some church organizations
4 : one of a Mormon administrative council of 12 men
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Examples of apostle in a Sentence
a fervent apostle of universal health care
Recent Examples of apostle from the Web
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But Trump is making them look like apostles of full disclosure.
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The successful submission would also include an atrium, possibly with sculptures of the apostles and saints connected to the region, including Saint Juniper Serra and Saint Teresa of Calcutta.
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There are grapevines and cupids, as well as depictions of Noah and his ark, Daniel and the lions and Christ and his apostles.
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Hanegraaff answered questions about his decision to embrace Orthodoxy, an ancient faith that traces its beginnings to Jesus’ apostles.
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The church traces its roots back to St. Mark, an apostle of Jesus and a Gospel author.
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Laurie’s drugging of the Last Supper with dog medicine made for excellently gonzo cinema, with the scene progressively becoming more surreal as the would-be apostles began to lose their faculties.
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Franklin County, created in 1913, is named for Mormon apostle Franklin D. Richards — the only one of 24 Franklin counties in the United States not named for Benjamin Franklin.
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Gozali, a paunchy Chinese-Indonesian with a penchant for American hamburgers, is perhaps an unlikely apostle for sports and fitness.
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Origin and Etymology of apostle
Middle English, from Anglo-French & Old English; Anglo-French apostle & Old English apostol, both from Late Latin apostolus, from Greek apostolos, from apostellein to send away, from apo- + stellein to send
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APOSTLE Defined for English Language Learners
apostle
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: any one of the 12 men chosen by Jesus Christ to spread the Christian religion
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: someone who believes in or supports an idea, cause, etc.
APOSTLE Defined for Kids
apostle
playDefinition of apostle for Students
: one of the twelve close followers of Jesus
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