English Explanatory Dictionary

apostolic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pertaining to apostles or their practice or teaching; pertaining to the apostles (of early Christianity) or their teachings.
  2. According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles.
  3. Of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy; papal.
  4. Of or pertaining to the Catholic missions.
noun
  1. A member of the Apostolici.
adj
  1. Alternative letter-case form of apostolic

Pronunciation

ăpˌ-ə-stŏlʹ-ĭk /ˌæp.əˈstɒl.ɪk/ /ˌæp.əˈstɑːl.ɪk/ en-us-apostolic.ogg

Word forms

apostolic apostolical apostolics

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Hellenic *apó Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πό (ăpó) Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-) Proto-Indo-European *stel-der. Proto-Hellenic *stéľľō Ancient Greek στέλλω (stéllō) Ancient Greek ἀποστέλλω (apostéllō) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓πόστολος (ăpóstolos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ἀποστολῐκός (apostolĭkós)bor. Latin apostolicuslbor. English apostolic Learned borrowing from Latin apostolicus (“apostolic”), from Ancient Greek ἀποστολικός (apostolikós, “apostolic”).

Related words

missionary patristic

Derived words

apostolic age apostolically apostolic church apostolic constitution apostolic exhortation apostolic father apostolicism apostolicity apostolic letter apostolicness apostolic poverty apostolic prefect apostolic see apostolic succession apostolic visitor isapostolic nonapostolic subapostolic unapostolic vicar apostolic

Translations

Armenian: առաքելական Bulgarian: апостолски Catalan: apostòlic Cornish: abostolek Czech: apoštolský Danish: apostolisk Esperanto: apostola Faroese: ápostolskur Finnish: apostolinen French: apostolique Galician: apostólico German: apostolisch Greek: αποστολικός Ancient Greek: ἀποστολικός Icelandic: postullegur Irish: aspalda Irish: aspalach Italian: apostolico Latin: apostolicus Norman: apostolique Norwegian Bokmål: apostolisk Polish: apostolski Portuguese: apostólico Russian: апо́стольский Serbo-Croatian: apostolski Serbo-Croatian: апостолски Lower Sorbian: pósołski Spanish: apostólico Swedish: apostolisk Tagalog: alagarin Welsh: apostolaidd Welsh: apostolig Yiddish: אַפּאָסטאָליש
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