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Apostle
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apostle
English
Twelve +s
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Etymology
A proprialization of en apostle.
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Apostle.wav Southern England
Noun
en Christianity Any of the group of twelve disciples chosen by Jesus to preach and spread the Gospel.
en Disciple#Noun
A top-ranking ecclesiastical official in the twelve-seat Mormon administrative council.
Derived terms
en Apostle Islands Apostles' Creed
Related terms
en apostleship
Translations
any of the group of twelve disciples
Aghwan: xag 𐕆𐔴𐔱𐔼𐔺𐔰𐔺𐕒
Albanian: sq apóstull m, sq apóstulli m
Arabic: ar رَسُول m, ar حَوَارِيّ m
Armenian: hy առաքյալ
Azerbaijani: az həvari
Catalan: ca apòstol m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 使徒
Comorian:
Maore Comorian: swb Muv̄ingizi Risala c1 c6
Ngazidja Comorian: zdj Swahaba c5 c6
Czech: cs apoštol m
Danish: da apostel c
Finnish: fi opetuslapsi, fi apostoli
French: fr apôtre m
Galician: gl apóstolo m
German: de Apostel m
Greek: el απόστολος m
Ancient Greek: grc ἀπόστολος m
Hindi: hi प्रेरित m
Hungarian: hu apostol
Indonesian: id rasul
Irish: ga aspal m
Kazakh: kk елші
Latin: la apostolus m
Manchu: mnc ᠠᡦᠣᠰᡨᠣᠯ
Persian: fa حواریون p havâriyyun plural only
Plautdietsch: pdt Apostel m
Polish: pl apostoł m-pr
Portuguese: pt apóstolo m
Russian: ru апо́стол m
Silesian: szl apostōł m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb pósoł m
Spanish: es apóstol m
Swahili: sw mtume c3 c4
Swedish: sv apostel c
Turkish: tr havari
Ottoman Turkish: ota پیغامبر peygamber, ota رسول resul
Ukrainian: uk апо́стол m
Urdu: ur نبی m nabī, ur رسول m rasūl, ur رسل m-p rusul, ur حواری m ḥavārī in the plural form only
Vietnamese: vi sứ đồ Protestantism, vi tông đồ Roman Catholicism
Volapük: vo paostolan
Walloon: wa Apoisse
Welsh: cy apostol
top-ranking Mormon
Arabic: ar رَسُول
Finnish: fi apostoli
Polish: pl apostoł m-pr
Spanish: es apóstol
Proper noun
en el Απόστολος male given name. A rare transcription; usually transliterated as Apostolos.
Anagrams
en aelopst ale post alepots eoplast posetal