† apostolessn.
Obsolete.
A female apostle.
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apostolessc1410
c1410 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ (Gibbs MS.) lvii. 111 Mawde~leyne þe bylouede discyplesse and of þe apostoles apostolesse [v.r. apostelesse, -tlesse].
1652 E. Sparke Scintillula Altaris 111 Mary Magdalen, Apostolorum Apostola, (as Cajetan calleth her) she was the first preacher of the Resurrection, the Apostoless of the Apostles.
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