apostleshipn.
/əˈpɒs(ə)lʃɪp/ The office or position of an apostle; proclamation of a religious system; leadership of a social reform.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > Biblical personages > apostle > [noun] > office of
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > [noun] > change > leadership of specific type
apostleship1841
society > faith > aspects of faith > religion > a religion or church > [noun] > proclamation of
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1526 Bible (Tyndale) Acts i. 25 This ministracion and apostle~shippe from the which Judas..fell.
1693 W. Wotton tr. L. E. Du Pin New Hist. Eccl. Writers (ed. 2) I. 44 St. John..was called to the Apostleship when he was very young.
1841 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy: Gen. Views Hist. & Lit. I. i. ii. 77 Italy was to assume the apostleship of civilisation and freedom.
1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity II. iv. ii. 50 The Mohammedan apostleship of fire and sword.
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