epistle (s.xii3/4)
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epistle (s.xii3/4)

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[ FEW: 3,232a epistula; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  épistole; TLF: ∅; OED:  epistle n.; MED:  epistel n.; DMLBS: 786c epistola ]
epitre,  epistre;  espistle  

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1literatureepistle, letter: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  l’epistre Alisandre qu’il tramist [...] A mestre Aristotle  6661
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Aristotle mut espistles feseit De morautez  33
♦Bibl.theol.Epistle: 
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  [...] sein Pol, kar par la doctrine de ses quatorce epistres [...]  ii 20
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Dunt de cel sacrement seint Poul dit En une epistle k’il escrit  9232
( 1400-01 )  list la epistle et exposa l’evaungile  iii 466
♦written instruction, order: 
( s.xiv1; MS: c.1361 )  demanda de ly epistles en Damas as synagoges  (A) 365d
♦fig.sermon, teaching: 
( 1165-80?; MS: s.xiiiin )  L’epistle lais, rien ne me amunte; Si dirai avant le dreit cunte  156.131
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