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apostolic

[ap-uh-stol-ik] / ˌæp əˈstɒl ɪk /


ADJECTIVE
evangelical
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ADJECTIVE
papal
Synonyms


ADJECTIVE
sacerdotal
Synonyms


Example Sentences

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A diocese statement said the case was put last week before an apostolic tribunal in Spain.

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

First, the apostolic networks are present in the county, then they attract “big-name visitors” for special events, and then “the local growth of these communities and networks” begins to impact local politics.

From Salon • Oct. 20, 2024

It’s a movement that has, as its core idea, apostolic governance.

From Slate • Jan. 6, 2024

Father Doug Owens, delegate to the apostolic administrator in the Diocese of Knoxville, shared news of the verdict in the criminal case “with great relief.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023

To be accepted, even among the orthodox, some name of apostolic weight must be attached to it, as we see in the case of the two Epistles of Peter and those of James and Jude.

From The Making of the New Testament by Bacon, Benjamin Wisner




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