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pistles

pistles is the plural of pistle.

Meaning of pistle

Noun

pistle (plural pistles)

  1. (archaic, obsolete) Synonym of epistle.
    • when they were departed / they cam to Antioche and gaddred the multitude togedder and delivered the piſtle.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts xv:[30], folio clxxvij, verso
    Synonyms:
    epistle
  2. (obsolete) A story conveyed verbally.

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Questions about pistles

What is pistles the plural of?
Pistles is the plural of pistle.

Words near pistles in the dictionary

  1. pistillody
  2. pistillum
  3. pistils
  4. Pistis
  5. pistle
  6. pistles
  7. Pistoia
  8. Pistoiese
  9. pistol
  10. pistol carbine
  11. pistol carbines

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