Definition of "epistle" []

• A letter, especially a formal one. See Synonyms at letter. (noun)
• A literary composition in the form of a letter. (noun)
• Bible One of the letters included as a book in the New Testament. (noun)
• Bible An excerpt from one of these letters, read as part of a religious service. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Philemon. (1 page) The epistle is the most important early Christian writing dealing with forgiveness."
• "I mean, for a few years we have been the ones claiming to be cold and hard but let us think (or pray as the below will explain the "let us pray/think" sentence from that decomposed epistle from the christian epic)."
• "The epistle is 2 Corinthians 6. 1-10 and the Gospel Matthew 4."