Thesaurus results for EPISTLE

epistle

noun

i-ˈpi-səl

as in letter

a message on paper from one person or group to another the epistles of Saint Paul to various communities of early Christians

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Recent Examples of epistle One of the earliest witnesses to the spread of Christianity, the codex features the first epistle of Peter and the Book of Jonah. —

Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024 Yet the novel evolved incrementally from public to private, epistle to narrative as the scope of the vision enlarged. —

David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2024 The Pauline epistles contain numerous references to women who were instrumental in the leadership of the early church: Phoebe, a deaconess; Chloe; Apphia; Euodia; Nympha; Junia. —

Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023 The Rapture has no scriptural basis besides an obviously metaphorical verse in Paul’s first epistle to the Thessalonians. —

Michael Robbins, Harper’s Magazine , 9 Nov. 2022 See All Example Sentences for epistle

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letter

Noun

Referring to your previous letter, when Israel controlled Gaza from 1967 to 2005, the average life expectancy went from 48 to 72 years.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 10 May 2026
The letters were addressed to her at our hometown address.

— R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2026