(n.) A writing directed or sent to a person or persons; a written communication; a letter; -- applied usually to formal, didactic, or elegant letters.
(n.) One of the letters in the New Testament which were addressed to their Christian brethren by Apostles.
(v. t.) To write; to communicate in a letter or by writing.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tristram Hunt’s resignation letter reads like the kind of fantasy epistle people dream of sending the boss on a Friday morning after another awful week at the office.
(2) Byrne's brief epistle was redolent of a similar valedictory message left by Reginald Maudling to James Callaghan after Labour won a narrow victory in the 1964 general election.
(3) In the words of Paul, the inventor of Christianity (or whoever really wrote the Epistle to the Hebrews), "without shedding of blood, there is no remission".
(4) Later, an extraordinary epistle, which deserves to be read in its entirety, emerges from Banda's office, accusing Madonna of, among other things, exaggerating her charitable endeavours and "blackmailing" Malawi by demanding gratitude and star treatment.
(5) His credo is "Home Sweet Home", and his greatest achievements a witty and angry letter to the laundry service and the return dispatch of some bad eggs accompanied by another scornful epistle.
(6) We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose,” said the 44-year-old, quoting from the Epistle to the Romans.
John
Definition:
(n.) A proper name of a man.
Example Sentences:
(1) The judge, Mr Justice John Royce, told George she was "cold" and "calculating", as further disturbing details of her relationship with the co-accused, Colin Blanchard and Angela Allen, emerged.
(2) Names, and the absence of them, could be important Facebook Twitter Pinterest Don’t look back … Daisy Ridley’s Rey and John Boyega’s stormtrooper Finn.
(3) A new propaganda video by Islamic State featuring the British photojournalist John Cantlie, in which he says it is the “last film in this series”, has appeared online.
(4) The company, part of the John Lewis Partnership, now sources all its beef from the UK, including in its ready meals, sandwiches and fresh mince.
(5) It is a moment to be grateful for what remains of Labour's hard left: an amendment to scrap the cap was at least tabled by John McDonnell and Jeremy Corbyn but stood no chance.
(6) John Lewis’s marketing, advertising and reputation are all built on their promises of good customer services, and it is a large part of what still drives people to their stores despite cheaper online outlets.
(7) "In my era, we'd get a phone call from John [Galliano] before the show: this is what the show's about, what do you think?
(8) Two lunches are recoded with John Yates and Andy Hayman, the former assistant commissioners.
(9) The others were two Britons, Mark Cox and John Barrett (now both BBC commentators) and the US player Jim McManus.
(10) John Large, a leading nuclear consultant, said: "The HSE as an independent agency will come under tremendous pressure to push through these designs.
(11) The committee is chaired by John Thompson, the board's lead independent director, and includes Microsoft founder and chairman, Bill Gates, as well as other board members Chuck Noski and Steve Luczo.
(12) It is the biggest privatisation since John Major sold the railways in the 1990s.
(13) John Carver witnessed signs of much-needed improvement from the visitors in a purposeful spell either side of the interval but it was not enough to prevent a fifth successive Premier League defeat.
(14) An untiring advocate of the joys and merits of his adopted home county, Bradbury figured Norfolk as a place of writing parsons, farmer-writers and sensitive poets: John Skelton, Rider Haggard, John Middleton Murry, William Cowper, George MacBeth, George Szirtes.
(15) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Whether Sia, Jason Derulo, Coldplay’s Chris Martin or Sir Elton John is in the passenger seat, Corden plays the part of a real fan with a deep knowledge of their discography.
(16) The police investigating the 1991 murder of the Oxford student Rachel McLean had a strong hunch that the killer was her boyfriend, John Tanner, another student.
(17) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Imogen and her father, John Hull, before he lost his sight.
(18) It also devalues the courage of real whistleblowers who have used proper channels to hold our government accountable.” McCain added: “It is a sad, yet perhaps fitting commentary on President Obama’s failed national security policies that he would commute the sentence of an individual that endangered the lives of American troops, diplomats, and intelligence sources by leaking hundreds of thousands of sensitive government documents to WikiLeaks, a virulently anti-American organisation that was a tool of Russia’s recent interference in our elections.” WikiLeaks last year published emails hacked from the accounts of the Democratic National Committee and John Podesta, chairman of Hillary Clinton’s election campaign.
(19) The day it opened in the US, three senators – senate select committee on intelligence chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, Carl Levin and John McCain – released a letter of protest to Sony Pictures's CEO, citing their committee's 6,000-page classified report on interrogation tactics and calling on him "to state that the role of torture in the hunt for Osama bin Laden is not based on the facts, but rather part of the film's fictional narrative".
(20) Delabole residents Susan and John Theobald said: “We’ve always enjoyed being around the turbines and have often walked right up to them with our dogs.