🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

apostolisch

Pronunciation / Transliteration: apostolisch

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
apostolic/ˌæpəˈstɒlɪk/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Sie betonen die apostolische Tradition."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to the apostles, their times, or their teachings.

    "The church claims apostolic succession from Saint Peter."
  2. 2

    Relating to the Pope as the successor of Peter.

    "The delegation received an apostolic blessing."

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late Middle English: via Old French and ecclesiastical Latin from Greek apostolikos, from apostolos 'apostle'.

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