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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.

d 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.]

A post sunk in the ground to receive the bars closing a passage into a field.

Anciently, a post or pin on each side of the bed to keep the clothes from falling off. See Bedstaff. Brewer.

One whose occupation is to post handbills or posters in public places.

A metallic post attached to electrical apparatus for convenience in making connections.

A beam that goes across a building.

A mixture; a compound. [R.] A sad compost of more bitter than sweet. Hammond.

Manure; compost. [Obs.] Shak.

An outpost consisting of four men, forming one of a single line of posts substituted for the more formal line of sentinels and line of pickets.

Same as King-post.

To eject from a post; to displace. [R.] Davies (Holy Roode).

The jamb or sidepiece of a doorway.