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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Epistles
The Topic Concordance
• Epistle
Dictionaries
American Church Dictionary
• Epistle, the
• Epistle Side
American Tract Society
• Thessalonians, Epistle to the 1 and 2
• Peter, Epistles of
• James, the Epistle of
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Charles Buck Dictionary
• Epistles of Barnabas
• Barnabas, Epistles of
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Titus, Epistle to
• Timothy, Second Epistle to
• Timothy, First Epistle to
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Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Titus, the Epistle to
• Timothy, the Second Epistle to
• Timothy, the First Epistle to
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Holman Bible Dictionary
• Titus, Epistle to
• Laodiceans, Epistle to the
• Epistle
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Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Titus, Epistle to
• Timothy, Epistles to
• Thessalonians, Second Epistle to the
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Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Titus Epistle to
• Timothy and Titus Epistles to
• Thessalonians Epistles to the
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Dictionary of Early Christian Biography
• Diognetus, Epistle to
• Barnabas, Epistle of
King James Dictionary
• Epistle
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Titus, Epistle to
• Timothy, Epistles to
• Thessalonians, Epistles to the
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Romans, Epistle to the
• Philippians, Paul's Epistle to the
• Philemon, Paul's Epistle to
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Smith Bible Dictionary
• Titus The Epistle to
• Timothy The Epistles of Paul to
• Thessalonians The Second Epistle to The
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Epistle
Webster Dictionary
• Epistler
• Epistle
Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Epistles
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Epistle
• Epistle of James
• Epistle of Jeremy
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Apocryphal Epistles
• Apostolic Fathers, Epistles of
• Barnabas, Epistle of
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Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Colossians Epistle to the
• Corinthians Epistles to the
• Ephesians Epistle to the
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Aristeas, Epistle of
• Barnabas, Epistle of.
• Catholic Epistles.
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Catholic Epistles
• Colossians, the Epistle to the
• Corinthians, Epistles to the
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Catholic Epistle
• Epistle (in Scripture)
• Epistle of Barnabas
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Hebrews, Epistle to
• James, General Epistle of
• Jeremiah, Epistle of
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Lexicons
• ܐܶܓ݁ܰܪܬ݁ܳܐ
• ἐπιστολή

EPIS'TLE, n. epis'l. L. epistola Gr. to send to to send.

A writing, directed or sent, communicating intelligence to a distant person a letter a letter missive. It is rarely used in familiar conversation or writings, but chiefly in solemn or formal transactions. It is used particularly in speaking of the letters of the Apostles, as the epistles of Paul and of other letters written by the ancients, as the epistles of Pliny or of Cicero.