Definition of apostle Apostle

/ʌpɑˈsʌl/ - [upasul] - a•pos•tle

We found 17 definitions of apostle from 7 different sources.

What does apostle mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: apostles
apostle - (New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel
		christian a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination
		adherent, disciple someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
		new testament the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible
apostle - any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people
		Apostelic Father
		christian a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination
apostle - an ardent early supporter of a cause or reform; "an apostle of revolution"
		truster, believer a person who has religious faith

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Wiktionary

apostle (Noun)
A missionary, or leader of a religious mission, especially one in the early Christian Church but see Apostle.
apostle (Noun)
A pioneer or early advocate of a particular cause, prophet of a belief.
apostle (Noun)
A top-ranking ecclesiastical official in the twelve seat administrative council of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints .
apostle (Noun)
A person who is plucked, i. e. refused an academic degree.
apostle (Noun)
A letter dismissory .
apostle (Noun)
A note sent to an appeal court presenting the appeal in summary.
apostle (Noun)
The trial court record sent to an appeal court concerning an appeal.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

apostle (n.)
Literally: One sent forth; a messenger. Specifically: One of the twelve disciples of Christ, specially chosen as his companions and witnesses, and sent forth to preach the gospel.
apostle (n.)
The missionary who first plants the Christian faith in any part of the world; also, one who initiates any great moral reform, or first advocates any important belief; one who has extraordinary success as a missionary or reformer; as, Dionysius of Corinth is called the apostle of France, John Eliot the apostle to the Indians, Theobald Mathew the apostle of temperance.
apostle (n.)
A brief letter dimissory sent by a court appealed from to the superior court, stating the case, etc.; a paper sent up on appeals in the admiralty courts.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

apostle
One of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

apostle
a-pos′l, n. one sent to preach the gospel: specially, one of the twelve disciples of Christ: the founder of the Christian Church in a country, e.g. Augustine, the apostle of the English; Columba, of the Scots; Boniface, of Germany, &c.: the principal champion or supporter of a new system, or of some cause: the highest in the fourfold ministry of the Catholic and Apostolic Church: one of the twelve officials forming a presiding high council in the Mormon Church.—ns. Apos′tleship, the office or dignity of an apostle; Apost′olate, the office of an apostle: leadership in a propaganda.—adjs. Apostol′ic, -al.—ns. Apostol′icism, profession of apostolicity; Apostolic′ity, the quality of being apostolic—Apostles' creed, the oldest form of Christian creed that exists, early ascribed to the apostles, and indeed substantially, if not strictly, apostolic; Apostle spoons, silver spoons with handles ending in figures of the apostles, a common baptismal present in the 16th and 17th centuries; Apostles, Teaching of the Twelve—often called merely the Didachē (Gr. 'teaching')—the title of a treatise discovered in 1883 on Christian doctrine and government, closely connected with the last two books (vii.-viii.) of the Apostolic Constitutions.—Apostolic Constitutions and Canons, notes of ecclesiastical customs held to be apostolical, written in the form of apostolic precepts, and erroneously ascribed by tradition to Clement of Rome; Apostolic Fathers, the immediate disciples and fellow-labourers of the apostles, more especially those who have left writings behind them (Barnabas, Clement of Rome, Ignatius, Hermas, Polycarp); Apostolic see, the see of Rome; Apostolic Vicar, the cardinal representing the Pope in extraordinary missions.—Apostolical succession, the derivation of holy orders by an assumed unbroken chain of transmission from the apostles through their natural successors, the bishops—the theory of the Catholic Church: the assumption that a ministry so ordained enjoy the succession of apostolic powers and privileges. [Gr.; one sent away, apo, away, stell-ein, to send.]