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† epiˈstolic, a. Obs.
[a. Gr. ἐπιστολικ-ός, f. ἐπιστολή: see epistle.]
a. = epistolographic.
b. = epistolary.
1741Warburton Div. Legat. II. 97, Three sorts of letters, the Epistolic, the Hieroglyphic, and the Symbolic. 1760Antiq. in Ann. Reg. 156/1 The epistolic [writing], composed of alphabetic characters. 1777Johnson Let. Mrs. Thrale 27 Oct., To make a letter..without news, and without a secret, is doubtless, the great epistolick art. |