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<hw>E*pis"tler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A writer of epistles, or of an epistle of the New Testament.</def>

<i>M. Arnold.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>The ecclesiastic who reads the epistle at the communion service.</def>

<h1>Epistolar</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>E*pis"to*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Epistolary.</def>

<i>Dr. H. More.</i>

<h1>Epistolary</h1> <Xpage=501>

<hw>E*pis"to*la*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>epistolaris</ets>, fr. <ets>epistola</ets>: cf. F. <ets>\'82pistolaire</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to epistles or letters; suitable to letters and correspondence; <as>as, an <ex>epistolary</ex> style</as>.</def>

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<p><b>2.</b> <def>Contained in letters; carried on by letters.</def> "<i>Epistolary</i> correspondence."

<i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Epistolean</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>Ep`is*to"le*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who writes epistles; a correspondent.</def>

<i>Mary Cowden Clarke.</i>

<h1>Epistoler</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>E*pis"to*ler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler.</def>

<h1>Epistolet</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>E*pis"to*let</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A little epistle.</def>

<i>Lamb.</i>

<h1>Epistolic, Epistolical</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw><hw>Ep`is*tol"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ep`is*tol"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>epistolicus</ets>, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to letters or epistles; in the form or style of letters; epistolary.</def>

<h1>Epistolize</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>E*pis"to*lize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To write epistles.</def>

<h1>Epistolizer</h1> <Xpage=503>

<hw>E*pis"to*li`zer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A writer of epistles.</def>

<h1>Epistolographic</h1> <Xpage=503>