epistle
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dispatch, letter, memo, memorandum, missive, note
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This kind of aphorism fills the space left not only by the epigram but by the epistles once exchanged by friends with time to be funny. — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, "The Art of Aphorism," 15 July 2019 Consider the question of the authorship of Paul’s epistles. — Barton Swaim, WSJ, "‘A History of the Bible’ Review: Scripture Under Scrutiny," 9 July 2019 This kind of aphorism fills the space left not only by the epigram but by the epistles once exchanged by friends with time to be funny. — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, "The Art of Aphorism," 15 July 2019 Consider the question of the authorship of Paul’s epistles. — Barton Swaim, WSJ, "‘A History of the Bible’ Review: Scripture Under Scrutiny," 9 July 2019 But in 2018, with panic over Trump’s travel bans in full effect, the anti-migratory epistle resonates differently. — Constance Grady, Vox, "How 2018 reshaped Angels in America," 30 Apr. 2018 Because of the expense of producing books, complete versions of the New Testament, such as in the Codex Sinaiticus, were rare, and Christian Coptic manuscripts often feature only selections, such as the four gospels or the epistles of Paul. — Nicholas Wade, New York Times, "Scanning an Ancient Biblical Text That Humans Fear to Open," 5 Jan. 2018 To be clear, this is not a fetishized epistle of black women. — Tunde Wey, San Francisco Chronicle, "Black women are the future of the food industry," 15 Dec. 2017 Claiming to only write when God is present, his studious epistle to the streets will galvanize hearts as well as viral streams. — Bianca Alysse, Billboard, "CyHi The Prynce Talks New Album 'No Dope on Sundays' & Why JAY-Z Is What 'Martin Luther King Jr. Would Have Been'," 14 Nov. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'epistle.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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