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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

Apostolic center: The hub of an apostolic network, which displaces the traditional church or church building to accommodate the broad functions of the fivefold ministry.

From Salon • May 26, 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

Diligently studying these, he learned them by heart, and arrived at the conviction that nowhere was the apostolic life observed as commanded by Christ.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles




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