epistle

Example Sentences

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Denizens of Port William speak of belonging to a “membership,” evoking both the concept of unity described in St. Paul’s epistles and the agricultural cooperatives that were established in the area in the 1920s.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yet the novel evolved incrementally from public to private, epistle to narrative as the scope of the vision enlarged.

From Los Angeles Times

To ponder the question and practice decoding an extraterrestrial epistle, an artist-led team has created a mock message from the stars to test us Earthlings.

From Scientific American

With an alphabet on the hearth at my feet for reference, I contrived in an hour or two to print and smear this epistle:—

From Literature

No wonder that letters addressed to people here had never received an answer: as well despatch epistles to a vault in a church aisle.

From Literature