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epistle (s.xii3/4)

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The form espistle is a cross reference to the following entry:

epistle (s.xii3/4)

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

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literatureepistle, letter
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  l’epistre Alisandre qu’il tramist [...] A mestre Aristotle  Rom Chev ANTS 6661
( c.1270; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Aristotle mut espistles feseit De morautez  Secr abernun 33
Bibl.theol.Epistle
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  [...] sein Pol, kar par la doctrine de ses quatorce epistres [...]  Joshua Sermons ii 20
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  Dunt de cel sacrement seint Poul dit En une epistle k’il escrit  Lum Lais ANTS 9232
( 1400-01 )  list la epistle et exposa l’evaungile  Rot Parl1 iii 466
written instruction, order
( s.xiv1; MS: c.1361 )  demanda de ly epistles en Damas as synagoges  Actes (A) 365d
fig.sermon, teaching
( 1165-80?; MS: s.xiiiin )  L’epistle lais, rien ne me amunte; Si dirai avant le dreit cunte  ADGAR3 156.131
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