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A marginal note on a letter or other paper; an annotation. Motley.

gospel. He called unto him his disciples, and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles. Luke vi. 13.

The office or dignity of an apostle.

The dignity, office, or mission, of an apostle; apostleship. Judas had miscarried and lost his apostolate. Jer. Taylor.

of certain ascetic sects which at various times professed to imitate the practice of the apostles.

The diplomatic agent of the pope highest in grade, superior to a nuncio.

Pertaining to an apostle, or to the apostles, their times, or their peculiar spirit; as, an apostolical mission; the apostolic age.

In an apostolic manner.

Apostolicity. Dr. H. More.

The state or quality of being apostolical.

nd addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of "Paradise Lost."

Pertaining to an apostrophe, grammatical or rhetorical.

To address by apostrophe.

See Aposteme. [Obs.]

One of a sect of ancient Christians, who, in supposed imitation of the first believers, renounced all their possessions.

The result or issue. [Obs.]

fulfillment. In this way a passage in the Old Testament may have, or rather comprise, an apotelesmatic sense, i. e., one of after or final accomplishment. M. Stuart.

One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes.

The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes.

A short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim.