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   Epistle , n. [OE. epistle, epistel, AS. epistol, pistol, L. epistola, fr. Gr.  anything sent by a messenger, message, letter, fr.  to send to, tell by letter or message; ἐπί upon, to +  to dispatch, send; cf. OF. epistle, epistre, F. épître. See Stall.]
    A writing directed or sent to a person or persons; a written communication; a letter; -- applied usually to formal, didactic, or elegant letters.
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   A madman's epistles are no gospels.
   Shak.
   
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   (Eccl.) One of the letters in the New Testament which were addressed to their Christian brethren by Apostles.
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   Epistle side, the right side of an altar or church to a person looking from the nave toward the chancel.
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   One sees the pulpit on the epistle side.
   R. Browning.
   
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   Epistle, v. t. To write; to communicate in a letter or by writing. [Obs.]
   Milton.
   
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