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apostle

noun

apos·​tle ə-ˈpä-səl How to pronounce apostle (audio)
1
: one sent on a mission: such as
a
: one of an authoritative New Testament group sent out to preach the gospel and made up especially of Christ's 12 original disciples and Paul
b
: the first prominent Christian missionary to a region or group
St. Boniface, the Apostle of Germany
2
a
: a person who initiates a great moral reform or who first advocates an important belief or system
b
: an ardent supporter : adherent
apostles of high technology
3
: the highest ecclesiastical official in some church organizations
4
: one of a Mormon administrative council of 12 men
apostleship
ə-ˈpä-səl-ˌship How to pronounce apostle (audio)
noun

Synonyms

Example Sentences

a fervent apostle of universal health care
Recent Examples on the Web His name wasn’t widely known in the West, but in Japanese and Chinese business circles, he was revered as a practical philosopher and apostle of Asian-style management. Chieko Tsuneoka, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2022 Brigham Young’s son — also named Brigham and a Latter-day Saint apostle — was present, too. The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 July 2022 Recent investors include celebrity entrepreneur, social media influencer and NFT apostle Gary Vaynerchuk. Fox News, 19 Aug. 2022 Lachlan Mackay, a Community of Christ apostle who directs that church’s historic sites in Nauvoo, Ill., and another descendant of Smith, helped analyze the locket, trace its ownership, and research the daguerreotype’s likely history. The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 July 2022 Lachlan Mackay, a Community of Christ apostle, points to multiple evidences that support the image’s authenticity. The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 July 2022 Flores died in 2014 and passed the mantle of apostle on to Garcia. Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2022 In Paul’s letter to Philemon, the apostle even commands a runaway slave to return to his master. The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 July 2022 This traditional name owes its popularity in part to two New Testament figures: John the Baptist and the apostle John. Martha Sorren, Woman's Day, 11 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English apostel, apostle, postel, in part going back to Old English apostol, in part borrowed from Anglo-French apostle, apostoile, appostre, both borrowed from Late Latin apostolus "ambassador, Apostle (of the New Testament)," borrowed from Greek apóstolos "messenger, envoy, (Septuagint) messenger from God, (New Testament) Apostle," noun derivative of apostéllein "to send off or away, dispatch," from apo- apo- + stéllein "to set in order, equip, prepare for a journey, send," going back to Indo-European *stel- "put up, prepare," whence also Old Church Slavic posteljǫ, postĭlati "to spread out," Albanian shtiell "wind up, reel up, collect" (from *stel-n-) and perhaps Old Prussian stallīt "to stand," Armenian stełcanem, (aorist) stełci "prepare, create" (with -c- of uncertain origin)

Note: Along with Attic-Ionic stéllein, Greek forms in Lesbian dialect and forms attested by the grammarian Hesychius that appear to be Aeolic show a variant spel-/spol-. This has led to the conjecture of a distinct root *skwel- "set in order" alongside *stel- "send"; however, the evidence for *skwel- outside Greek is exiguous. Germanic *stal(l)jan- "to fix, set, place" (whence Old English stellan, Old Saxon stellian, Old High German stellen) could be an outcome of *stel-, though it is usually taken as denominal from *stalla- "stand, stall, stable" (see stall entry 1).

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of apostle was before the 12th century

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