apostle

apostle is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Literally: One sent forth; a messenger. Specifically: One of the twelve disciples of Christ, specially chosen as his companions and witnesses, and sent forth to preach the gospel. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Literally: One sent forth; a messenger. Specifically: One of the twelve disciples of Christ, specially chosen as his companions and witnesses, and sent forth to preach the gospel.
2. noun. The missionary who first plants the Christian faith in any part of the world; also, one who initiates any great moral reform, or first advocates any important belief; one who has extraordinary success as a missionary or reformer; as, Dionysius of Corinth is called the apostle of France, John Eliot the apostle to the Indians, Theobald Mathew the apostle of temperance.
3. noun. A brief letter dimissory sent by a court appealed from to the superior court, stating the case, etc.; a paper sent up on appeals in the admiralty courts.
4. noun. (New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel
5. noun. any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people
6. noun. an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform

   "an apostle of revolution"

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in apostle:

aseptol, pelotas

Common word forms

apostles

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