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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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If we look at the meaning of the word apostle , we find it simply means a person sent forth or commissioned.
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In a larger circle round the central picture are apostles and saints against a dark blue background.
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James was beheaded in Jerusalem, the first apostle to be martyred.
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Nehru saw himself as the central figure; the veteran of the fight against colonialism and the apostle of non-alignment.
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The increase in efficiency promised by the apostles of reengineering and the apologists for the great merger wave remains invisible.
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The teaching role of the bishops, as successors to the apostles, is described as a service to the whole Church.