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epistler

noun

Etymology

From epistle + -er.

  1. derived from epistola
  2. derived from epistle
  3. derived from epistle
  4. derived from *stel-✻ — “to locate; to place, put”
  5. derived from *h₁epi✻ — “at; near; on”
  6. derived from ἐπῐστολή — “letter; message”
  7. derived from epistola — “letter, epistle; literary work in letter form”
  8. inherited from epistol
  9. inherited from epistel
  10. suffixed as epistler — “epistle + er”

Definitions

  1. A writer of an epistle.

    • their incorporation would have, probably, quite served to justify the Epistler both in his own eyes and in those of his public.

  2. The ecclesiastic who reads the epistle at the communion service.

    • These be my gospellers, These be my pystyllers, These be my querysters To helpe me to synge, My hawkes to mattens rynge!

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA