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• Apostle spoons were a common baptismal gift in the 16th and 17th centuries.From the entry apostle spoon
• The apostle Stephen was the first Christian martyr.From the entry martyr
• Did Mary and four apostles make a full house of worship?2020, Phuc Tran, Sigh, Gone: A Misfit’s Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In, Flatiron Books, →ISBN. From the entry Jesi
• How could one "only true end-time apostle" contradict another "only true end-time apostle"?2001, J. Michael Feazell, The Liberation of the Worldwide Church of God, page 113. From the entry unrestore
• There were silver tongs for the sugar, apostle spoons with elaborate handles, a milk jug adorned with a pheasant in flight.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 114. From the entry apostle spoon
• Here the apostle engages in a Harry-Potterish competition in sorcery.2004, Edward Stourton, Paul of Tarsus: A Visionary Life, HiddenSpring, published 2005, →ISBN, page 77. From the entry Harry-Potterish
• Andrew was better because Andrew was one of the twelve apostles, and anybody with a twelve-apostle name was a good guy.1985, Ed McBain, Eight Black Horses, Simon&Schuster, published 2003, →ISBN. From the entry Andrew
• Evangelists, pastors, apostles, prophets and bishops beamed down, inviting Chike to Amazing Grace Ministry, Fire Fall Down Tabernacle, Jehovah Always on Time Assembly.2017, Chibundu Onuzo, Welcome to Lagos, Faber & Faber Ltd, pages 25-26. From the entry Yenagoa
• These postcanon works share two qualities: anonymous or pseudepigraphic authorship and unsubstantiated or obviously false connections to Jesus or his family, apostles, patriarchs, or prophets.2001, Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Encyclopedia of World Religions, page 5. From the entry postcanon
• The gifts of apostle and prophet were evidently foundation gifts, particularly related to the precanon era of church history (see Ephesians 2:20 and Hebrews 2:4).1980, John Williams, The Holy Spirit: Lord and Life-giver, page 92. From the entry precanon
• And angels also were present with the apostles, singing with them and filling the whole earth with the dulcity of their music.1941, Granger Ryan, Helmut Ripperger, transl., The Golden Legend of Jacobus de Voragine, part two, London; New York, N.Y.; Toronto, Ont.…. From the entry dulcity
• But the apostle is done now.1925 October 20, William Byron Mowery, “St. Gabriel Zsbyski”, in Adventure, volume 25, number 2, page 174. From the entry bodewash
• It is in the region of the Island that most of the battles take place between organized labour and the apostles of free labour.1918 [1915], Thomas Burke, Nights in London, New York: Henry Holt and Company. From the entry futilitarian
• Let us admit that without the proper clues the gospels are, to a modern educated person, nonsensical and incredible, whilst the apostles are unreadable.1915 December (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Androcles and the Lion. Preface on the Prospects of Christianity.”, in Androcles and…. From the entry plain sailing
• Somewhat later began in France the activity of the greatest and most fervent of all the apostles of Esperanto, the Marquis de Beaufront.1907, M.A. OXON., W. J. CLARK, PH.D. LEIPZIG, International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar. From the entry Adjuvanto
• Paul is not a whit behind any of the apostles, or “Pastor Emerituses,” and is ready to meet all things on all occasions.1903, Peter Albert Petrie, “Christianity and Creeds”, in “Ye Shall Know the Truth, and the Truth Shall Make You Free.”, Cincinnati, Oh.…. From the entry emeritus
• Instead of having canons play the roles of the apostles, Altoviti washed the feet of 12 poveri, and then gave them clothing, bread, and two lire each.2014, Douglas N. Dow, “Alessandro de’ Medici and the Florentine Archdiocese at the End of the Cinquecento”, in Apostolic Iconography and…. From the entry pedilavium
• Ever since I was a wee girl I pictured the apostles in my mind’s eye as squeaky-clean, picture-perfect people who had their faith down to an art.2009, Connie-Anne Barrett, “Superheroes Are Human”, in Faith Undiluted: Day by Day Devotions, Greenville, S.C.; Belfast: Ambassador…. From the entry scribbley
• The race will go to the strong, the clean in mind and in body; not to the bent, the pimpled, the grubby apostles of the seedy status quo.1967 January 26, Sten Overlach, “Le Dauphin”, in Sandy Gage, editor, McGill Daily, volume 56, number 67, Montreal, Que.: Students’ Society…. From the entry pamby
• John was a son, probably the younger son, of Zebedee and Salome and a brother of the elder James who became the pro-martyr of the apostles.1926, Relief Society Magazine. From the entry pro-martyr
• “Man,” said the largest, most protective of the Praetorian guard, her lover, no doubt, and her peroxide-blond centurion, “for an apostle of peace you sure are filled up with war.”2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 5. From the entry centurion
• A ‘poetical temperament’ might see an Athenian democracy electing a neo-medieval Doge and Dogess of Venice to revive as a first step to social renewal the communism of the apostles.1986, Malcolm Hardman, Ruskin and Bradford: An Experiment in Victorian Cultural History, Manchester; Dover, N.H.: Manchester University…. From the entry dogess

Meaning of apostle

1. noun A missionary, or leader of a religious mission, especially one in the early Christian Church (but see Apostle).
2. noun A pioneer or early advocate of a particular cause, prophet of a belief.
3. noun A top-ranking ecclesiastical official in the twelve seat administrative council of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Questions about apostle in a sentence

How do you use apostle in a sentence?

Apostle is used as a noun. For example: “Apostle spoons were a common baptismal gift in the 16th and 17th centuries.”

What is a short sentence with apostle?

“But the apostle is done now.”

What does apostle mean?

Apostle means a missionary, or leader of a religious mission, especially one in the early Christian Church (but see Apostle).