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† aˈpostoless Obs. Also 5–6 apostylesse, -tlesse, -telesse. [a. OFr. *apostlesse (14th c. apostresse): see apostle and -ess; assimilated in Eng. to L. apostolus, apostola.] A female apostle.
c1410Love Bonavent. Myrr. lvii. (Gibbs MS.) 111 Mawde⁓leyne þe bylouede discyplesse and of þe apostoles apostolesse [v.r. apostelesse, -tlesse]. 1652Sparke Prim. Devot. (1663) 260 Mary Magdalen, Apostolorum Apostola (as Cajetan calleth her), she was the first preacher of the Resurrection, the Apostoless of the Apostles. |