释义 |
apostleship|əˈpɒs(ə)lʃɪp| [f. apostle + -ship.] The office or position of an apostle; proclamation of a religious system; leadership of a social reform.
1526Tindale Acts. i. 25 This ministracion and apostle⁓shippe from the which Judas..fell. 1697tr. Dupin's Eccl. Hist. II. 44 St. John..was called to the Apostleship when he was very young. 1843‘L. Mariotti’ Italy Past & Pr. (1848) I. 29 Italy was to assume the apostleship of civilisation and freedom. 1855Milman Lat. Chr. (1864) II. iv. ii. 221 The Mahomedan apostleship of fire and sword. |