Apostle

/əˈpɑsl̩/

Synonyms for "apostle" (60 found)

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aaronic priesthoodambrose of milanante-nicene fathersathanasiusbarnabasbasilbishopclement of alexandriaclement of rome
Noun(3 words)
advocateapostolic fatherchampion

Strong matches (18)

colporteurconvertconvertercyprian of carthagecyril of jerusalemdeacondiscipleelderevangelistfatherfollowergregory of nyssahermashigh priestignatius
Noun(3 words)

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Twelve apostlesapostle Paulapostle Peterapostle of Christapostolic successionfellow apostle

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Mahatma Gandhi, the apostle of nonviolence, was born in 1869.

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He came to the Irish with all the signs of an apostle, and when the people asked him to explain the Blessed Trinity, he reached down to the ground and picked up a shamrock.

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When the apostle Paul wrote about destroying God's temple, he had a lot of history running through his mind.

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The St. James's Way is a pilgrimage route to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain, where allegedly the remains of the apostle St. James are buried.

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