Word Meanings - EPISTLER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The ecclesiastic who reads the epistle at the communion service. (more info) 1. A writer of epistles, or of an epistle of the New Testament. M. Arnold.

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• ECCLESIASTIC
  A person in holy orders, or consecrated to the service of the church and the ministry of religion; a clergyman; a priest. From a humble ecclesiastic, he was subsequently preferred to the highest dignities of the church. Prescott.
• ECCLESIASTICALLY
  In an ecclesiastical manner; according ecclesiastical rules.
• WRITER
  1. One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk. They that handle the pen of the writer. Judg. v. 14. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Ps. xlv. 1. 2. One who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author; as, a writer
• TESTAMENTAL
  Of or pertaining to a testament; testamentary. Thy testamental cup I take, And thus remember thee. J. Montgomery.
• SERVICE
  The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subpoena or an attachment. (more info) 1. The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for
• WRITERSHIP
  The office of a writer.
• TESTAMENTATION
  The act or power of giving by testament, or will. Burke.
• SERVICEABLE
  1. Doing service; promoting happiness, interest, advantage, or any good; useful to any end; adapted to any good end use; beneficial; advantageous. "Serviceable to religion and learning". Atterbury. "Serviceable tools." Macaulay. I know thee well,
• SERVICE; SERVICE
  A name given to several trees and shrubs of the genus Pyrus, as Pyrus domestica and P. torminalis of Europe, the various species of mountain ash or rowan tree, and the American shad bush (see Shad bush, under Shad). They have clusters of small,
• EPISTLER
  The ecclesiastic who reads the epistle at the communion service. (more info) 1. A writer of epistles, or of an epistle of the New Testament. M. Arnold.
• ECCLESIASTICUS
  A book of the Apocrypha.
• TESTAMENTIZE
  To make a will. Fuller.
• EPISTLE
  One of the letters in the New Testament which were addressed to their Christian brethren by Apostles. Epistle side, the right side of an altar or church to a person looking from the nave toward the chancel. One sees the pulpit on the epistle side.
• ECCLESIASTICISM
  Strong attachment to ecclesiastical usages, forms, etc.
• SERVICEAGE
  Servitude. Fairfax.
• COMMUNION
  1. The act of sharing; community; participation. "This communion of goods." Blackstone. 2. Intercourse between two or more persons; esp., intimate association and intercourse implying sympathy and confidence; interchange of thoughts, purposes,
• SERVICE UNIFORM
  The uniform prescribed in regulations for active or routine service, in distinction from dress, full dress, etc. In the United States army it is of olive-drab woolen or khaki-colored cotton, with all metal attachments of dull-finish bronze, with
• TESTAMENT
  A solemn, authentic instrument in writing, by which a person declares his will as to disposal of his estate and effects after his death. Note: This is otherwise called a will, and sometimes a last will and testament. A testament, to be valid, must
• SERVICE CAP; SERVICE HAT
  A cap or hat worn by officers or enlisted men when full-dress uniform, or dress uniform, is not worn. In the United States army the service cap is round, about 3½ inches high, flat-topped, with a visor. The service hat is of soft felt of khaki
• TESTAMENTARY
  1. Of or pertaining to a will, or testament; as, letters testamentary. 2. Bequeathed by will; given by testament. How many testamentary charities have been defeated by the negligence or fraud of executors! Atterbury. 3. Done, appointed
• INTERCOMMUNION
  Mutual communion; as, an intercommunion of deities. Faber.
• PLAYWRITER
  A writer of plays; a dramatist; a playwright. Lecky.
• STORY-WRITER
  1. One who writes short stories, as for magazines. 2. An historian; a chronicler. "Rathums, the story-writer." 1 Esdr. ii. 17.
• PUBLIC-SERVICE CORPORATION; QUASI-PUBLIC CORPORATION
  A corporation, such as a railroad company, lighting company, water company, etc., organized or chartered to follow a public calling or to render services more or less essential to the general public convenience or safety.
• BOND SERVICE
  The condition of a bond servant; sevice without wages; slavery. Their children . . . upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bond service. 1 Kings ix. 21.
• UNDERWRITER
  One who underwrites his name to the conditions of an insurance policy, especially of a marine policy; an insurer.
• EXCOMMUNION
  . A shutting out from communion; excommunication. Excommunication is the utmost of ecclesiastical judicature. Milton.
• UNSERVICE
  Neglect of duty; idleness; indolence. Massinger.
• BREADSTUFF
  Grain, flour, or meal of which bread is made.
• POSTCOMMUNION
  The concluding portion of the communion service.
• SUPERSERVICEABLE
  Overofficious; doing more than is required or desired. "A superserviceable, finical rogue." Shak.