单词 | epistoler |
释义 | epistolern. 1. Christian Church. A person who reads the Epistle during a church service; = epistler n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > deacon > epistoler > [noun] pistelerc1475 epistoler?c1525 epistler?a1562 subdeacon1865 postiller1891 ?c1525 (a1503) Receyt Ladie Kateryne (Coll. Arms M.13) (1990) v. 85 At that Masse, thabbot of Shrewsbury [was] gospeller, and thabbot of Borey, epistoler. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 217/1 Epystoler at the masse, epistolier. 1642 Taylor's 2nd Pt. Theatre Gods Iudgments i. 15 A Subdean, a Repeater of the Quier, a Gospeller, an Epistoler [etc.]. 1671 H. Stubbe Reply Def. Royal Soc. 30 But when a greater Man then this Epistoler made me the like Threat, I laugh'd thereat. 1732 D. Neal Hist. Puritans I. 202 The principal ministers shall wear a Cope, with Gospeller, and Epistoler. 1763 W. Guthrie Compl. Hist. Eng. Peerage I. 40 The abbot of Windham being gospeller, and the prior of Butley epistoler, both of them mitred. 1859 Literary Churchman 5 69/2 To act as gospeller, epistoler, deacon, subdeacon, etc. 1862 J. Skinner Let. July in M. Trench James Skinner: Mem. (1883) xi. 210 I gospeller, Serjeant epistoller. 1904 Musical Times 45 573/1 Mudd received a salary of £10 as organist and one of £6 13s. 4d. as Epistoler. 1964 Montana Standard 5 Jan. 13/3 Assisting the pastor and choir as readers, antiphoners and epistolers will be, Mark and Philip Laliph, Daniel and David Murja,..Sam Verona and Al and John Vukovich. 2003 Sunday News (Lancaster, Pa.) (Nexis) 9 Nov. b8 The epistoler will be the Rev. Walter F. Chuquimia, senior pastor at Memorial Presbyterian Church. 2. Chiefly literary. A letter-writer; = epistler n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > letter-writing > [noun] > letter-writer secretary1587 epistler1592 epistolizer1615 letter writer1615 epistoler1620 epistolographer1687 scribe1712 epistolist1743 epistolarian1807 epistolographist1818 epistolean1819 1620 I. C. Two Merry Milke-maids v. sig. P I beleeue I smell the meaning, stand farther off, and giue roome to me and the Epistoler, you challenge all men to compose? 1637 Abp. J. Williams Holy Table 136 Whether the Epistoler likes it or no. 1648 C. Walker Relations & Observ. ii. 112 A Preamble of great respect and love born to him by the Epistoler. 1709 in B. Kennett tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Politics in Select Disc. p. xxxii By this Multiplicity of Correspondence, he [sc. Balzac] got the Title of the Grand Epistoler of France. 1880 Saintsbury in Academy 10 July 20 Or in those [letters] written by epistolers of recognised fame. 1881 Sat. Rev. 9 July 41/2 These two great epistolers and speakers. 1914 Sierra Educ. News Jan. 72 Mr. Bok does not hesitate to exhibit the mangled remains of his unfortunate female epistolers in the cold black-and-white-ness of print. 2000 Independent (Nexis) 13 Dec. 5 It may even be that in 50 years he will be more celebrated as an epistoler than as a novelist. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?c1525 |
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