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   apostle

   /əˈpɒsl/

   noun

   • 1. each of the twelve chief disciples of Jesus Christ.
   • ▪ an important early Christian teacher or pioneering missionary: "Kiril and Metodije, the apostles of the Slavs" Similar disciplefollowermissionaryevangelistevangelicalproselytizerspreader of the faith/wordpreacherteacherreformer
   • ▪ a vigorous and pioneering advocate or supporter of a particular policy, idea, or cause: "a man once known as the apostle of free-market economics" Similar advocateapologistproponentexponentpromoterpropagandistspokespersonspokesmanspokeswomansupporterupholderchampioncampaignercrusaderpioneeradherentbelieverboosterOpposite opponentcritic
   • ▪ one of the twelve administrative officers in a Church of the Latter-day Saints (Mormons).

   Word Origin Old Englishapostol, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek apostolos ‘messenger’, from apostellein ‘send forth’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. apostleship noun

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