Usually means: Messenger spreading teachings of Christianity.
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  1. apostle: Merriam-Webster
  2. apostle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. apostle: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. apostle: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Apostle, apostle: Vocabulary.com
  6. Apostle, apostle: Wordnik
  7. apostle: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Apostle, apostle: Wiktionary
  9. apostle: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. apostle: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. apostle: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Apostle, apostle: Dictionary.com
  13. apostle: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. apostle: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Apostle (Christian), Apostle (Islam), Apostle (LDS Church), Apostle (Latter Day Saints), Apostle (Mormonism), Apostle (disambiguation), Apostle (film), Apostle, The Apostle (novel), The Apostle, The apostle: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Apostle: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. apostle: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. Apostle: Rhymezone
  19. apostle: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. apostle: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. apostle: FreeDictionary.org
  22. apostle: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. apostle: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. apostle: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  25. apostle: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  26. apostle: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Apostle: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Apostle (disambiguation), apostle: Encyclopedia

Religion (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Apostle: Easton Bible
  2. World English Bible Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of spiritual and religious terms (No longer online)
  4. Apostle: Smith's Bible Dictionary
  5. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. apostle: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Apostle: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A missionary, or leader of a religious mission, especially one in the early Christian Church (but see Apostle).
noun:  A pioneer or early advocate of a particular cause, prophet of a belief.
noun:  A top-ranking ecclesiastical official in the twelve seat administrative council of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
noun:  (obsolete, Cambridge slang) A person who is plucked, that is, refused an academic degree.
noun:  (law) A letter dismissory.
noun:  (law) A note sent to an appeals court presenting the appeal in summary.
noun:  (law) The trial court record sent to an appeal court concerning an appeal.
noun:  (Christianity) Any of the group of twelve disciples chosen by Jesus to preach and spread the Gospel.
noun:  A top-ranking ecclesiastical official in the twelve-seat Mormon administrative council.
noun:  A transliteration of the Greek male given name Απόστολος (Apóstolos). A rare transcription; usually transliterated as Apostolos.

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