EPISTLE

noun Etymology: Middle English, letter, Epistle, from Anglo-French, from Latin epistula, epistola letter, from Greek epistolē message, letter, from epistellein to send to, from epi- + stellein to send Date: 13th century 1. capitalized one of the letters adopted as books of the New Testament, a liturgical lection usually from one of the New Testament Epistles, 2. letter , a composition in the form of a letter, ~r noun