Epistler

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A writer of an epistle.

    "their incorporation would have, probably, quite served to justify the Epistler both in his own eyes and in those of his public."

  2. 2
    The ecclesiastic who reads the epistle at the communion service.

    "These be my gospellers, These be my pystyllers, These be my querysters To helpe me to synge, My hawkes to mattens rynge!"

Example

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"their incorporation would have, probably, quite served to justify the Epistler both in his own eyes and in those of his public."

Etymology

From epistle + -er.

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