FromMiddle Englishapostle, fromOld Frenchapostle, fromLate Latinapostolus, fromAncient Greekἀπόστολος(apóstolos,“one sent forth, apostle”). Merged withOld Englishapostol, borrowing from the same Latin source.
apostle (pluralapostles)
- Amissionary, or leader of a religiousmission, especially one in the earlyChristianChurch (but seeApostle).
- Apioneer or earlyadvocate of a particular cause,prophet of a belief.
1895–1897,H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “The Eve of the War”, inThe War of the Worlds, London:William Heinemann, published1898,→OCLC, book I (The Coming of the Martians),pages4–5:[W]e must remember what ruthless and utter destruction our own species has wrought, not only upon animals, such as the vanished bison and the dodo, but upon its own inferior races. The Tasmanians, in spite of their human likeness, were entirely swept out of existence in a war of extermination waged by European immigrants, in the space of fifty years. Are we suchapostles of mercy as to complain if the Martians warred in the same spirit?
- A top-rankingecclesiastical official in the twelve seat administrative council of TheChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- (obsolete, Cambridge slang) A person who isplucked, that is,refused anacademicdegree.[1]
missionary or leader of a mission
- Aghwan:𐕆𐔴𐔱𐔼𐔺𐔰𐔺𐕒(hebiyayo)
- Arabic:رَسُول (ar) m(rasūl)
- Aramaic:
- Classical Syriac:ܫܠܝܼܚܵܐ(šlīḥā)
- Armenian:առաքյալ (hy)(aṙakʻyal)
- Asturian:apóstol m
- Azerbaijani:həvari (az)
- Breton:abostol (br) m
- Bulgarian:апо́стол (bg) m(apóstol)
- Burmese:တမန်တော်(ta.mantau)
- Catalan:apòstol (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin:使徒 (zh)(shǐtú)
- Coptic:ⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ m orm pl(apostolos)
- Cornish:abostol m
- Czech:apoštol (cs) m
- Danish:apostel c
- Dutch:apostel (nl) m,zendeling (nl) m
- Estonian:apostel
- Finnish:apostoli (fi),lähetyssaarnaaja (fi)
- French:apôtre (fr) m,apôtre (fr) f,apôtresse (fr) f
- Old French:apostre m,apostle m
- Friulian:apuestul m
- Galician:apóstolo (gl) m
- Georgian:მოციქული(mocikuli)
- German:Apostel (de) m,Apostelin (de) f,(fig.)Jünger (de) m
- Greek:απόστολος (el) m(apóstolos)
- Hebrew:שָׁלִיחַ (he) m(shalíaẖ),שְׁלִיחָה f(shliẖá)
- Hungarian:apostol (hu)
- Indonesian:rasul (id)
- Irish:aspal m
- Italian:apostolo (it) m
- Japanese:使徒 (ja)(しと, shito)
- Kazakh:елші(elşı)
- Korean:사도(使徒) (ko)(sado)
- Kyrgyz:элчи (ky)(elci)
- Lao:ອັກຄະສາວົກ(ʼak kha sā wok)
- Luxembourgish:Apostel m
- Macedonian:апостол m(apostol)
- Malayalam:ശ്ലീഹാ (ml)(ślīhā)
- Manx:ostyl m
- Māori:āpotoro
- Norman:apôtre m orf
- Old Church Slavonic:апостолъ m(apostolŭ)
- Old English:apostol m
- Pashto:رسول (ps) m(rasul)
- Persian:
- Dari:رَسُول(rasūl)
- Iranian Persian:رَسول(rasul)
- Polish:apostoł (pl) m,apostołka (pl) f
- Portuguese:apóstolo (pt) m
- Russian:апо́стол (ru) m(apóstol)
- Scottish Gaelic:abstol m
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian:pósoł m
- Spanish:apóstol (es) m
- Swahili:mtume (sw) class3/4
- Swedish:apostel (sv) c
- Tagalog:alagad (tl)
- Tajik:расул(rasul)
- Thai:อัครสาวก
- Turkish:havaryun,havari (tr)
- Ottoman Turkish:پیغامبر(peygamber)
- Urdu:رَسُول (ur) m(rasūl)
- Uzbek:rasul (uz),havoriy (uz)
- Vietnamese:sứ đồ (vi)(Protestantism),tông đồ (vi)(Roman Catholicism)
- Volapük:paostolan (vo)
- Walloon:apoisse (wa) m,apôte (wa) m
- Welsh:apostol (cy) m
- Yiddish:אַפּאָסטאָל m(apostol)
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top-ranking Mormon church official
(Cambridge) person who is refused his academic degree
Translations to be checked
Seeapostil.
apostle (pluralapostles)
- (law) Aletter dismissory.
- (law) Anote sent to anappeals court presenting theappeal in summary.
- (law) Thetrial courtrecord sent to an appeal court concerning an appeal.
Borrowed fromLate Latinapostolus, fromAncient Greekἀπόστολος(apóstolos,“one sent forth, apostle”).
apostleoblique singular, m (oblique pluralapostles,nominative singularapostles,nominative pluralapostle)
- apostle
c.1100,,Chanson de Roland:Recleimet Deu e l'apostle de Rome- Imploring God and theapostle of Rome
