Apostle

Definitions

1. Any of the group of twelve disciples chosen by Jesus to preach and spread the Gospel.
2. A transliteration of the Greek male given name Απόστολος (Apóstolos). A rare transcription; usually transliterated as Apostolos.
3. A missionary, or leader of a religious mission, especially one in the early Christian Church (but see Apostle).
4. A letter dismissory.
5. A top-ranking ecclesiastical official in the twelve-seat Mormon administrative council.
6. A pioneer or early advocate of a particular cause, prophet of a belief.
7. A note sent to an appeals court presenting the appeal in summary.
8. A top-ranking ecclesiastical official in the twelve seat administrative council of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
9. The trial court record sent to an appeal court concerning an appeal.
10. A person who is plucked, that is, refused an academic degree.
    obsolete

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Examples

“[W]e must remember⟳ what ruthless and utter destruction our own⟳ species has wrought, not only upon animals, such as the vanished bison and the dodo, but upon its own⟳ inferior races. The Tasmanians, in spite of their human likeness, were entirely swept out of existence in a war of extermination waged by European immigrants, in the space of fifty years. Are we such apostles of mercy as to complain⟳ if the Martians warred in the same spirit?”

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