Apostolic Definition

ăpə-stŏlĭk
adjective
Of or relating to an apostle.
American Heritage
Of an apostle.
Webster's New World
Of, relating to, or contemporary with the 12 Apostles.
American Heritage
Of the Apostles or their teachings, work, or times.
Webster's New World
Of, relating to, or derived from the teaching or practice of the 12 Apostles.
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Origin of Apostolic

  • From Latin apostolicus (“apostolic”), from Ancient Greek ἀποστολικός (apostolikós, “apostolic”): compare with French apostolique.

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Apostolic Sentence Examples

  • Their works comprise the whole literature of our faith during the decisive centuries which followed the apostolic age.

  • His conquest of death is most frequently appealed to in the apostolic teaching.

  • Towards the end of Ruysbroeck's life, in 1378, he was visited by the fervid lay-preacher Gerhard Groot (1340-1384), who was so impressed by the life of the community at Groenendal that he conceived the idea of founding a Christian brotherhood, bound by no monastic vows, but living together in simplicity and piety with all things in common, after the apostolic pattern.

  • The events prior to the exodus are relegated by Ewald to a preliminary chapter of primitive history; and the events of the apostolic and postapostolic age are treated as a kind of appendix.

  • Frederick retorted by announcing his intention of reducing "the clergy, especially the highest, to a state of apostolic poverty," and by ordaining the severest punishments for those priests who should obey the papal sentence.

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