apostlehoodn.
/əˈpɒs(ə)lhʊd/ archaic.
The office or position of an apostle.
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apostleship1526
apostolate1642
a1000 Poetry Codex Vercellensis (1843) l. 3300 Ȝehalgode fore þam heremægene þurh apostolhad.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds i. 25 To take the place of his mynisterie and apostilhed [a1425 L.V. apostlehed; 1526 Tyndale Apostleship].
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 295 Crist here clepid this ȝong man into apostilhode.
1483 Catholicon Anglicum An Apostyllehede; apostolatus.
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