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Definition: Apostolical

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles.[Wordnet]
2. Of or relating to or deriving from the Apostles or their teachings.[Wordnet]
3. Pertaining to an apostle, or to the apostles, their times, or their peculiar spirit; as, an apostolical mission; the apostolic age.[Websters]
4. According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles; as, apostolic faith or practice.[Websters]
5. Of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy; papal.[Websters]
6. Being pontifical, papal or popish. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. Adjective base of the adverb apostolically.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(apostolically)		 1. In an apostolic manner.[Websters].
2. In a papal or papistical manner.[Eve - graph theoretic]
3. In a pontifical, popish or episcopal manner.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Date "Apostolical" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1509. (references)

Specialty Definition: Apostolical

Domain Definition
Noah Webster 1: [Adjective] Pertaining or relating to the apostles, as the apostolic age..
  2: [Adjective] According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles; as apostolic faith or practice. Apostolic constitutions, a collection of regulations attributed to the apostles, but generally supposed to be spurious. They appeared in the 4th century; are divided into eight books, and consist of rules and precepts relating to the duties of christians, and particularly, the ceremonies and discipline of the church. Apostolic Fathers, an appellation given to the christian writers of the first century.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary [Adjective] apostolic. (references)

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Common Expressions: Apostolical

Expressions Definition
Apostolical succession (Theol.) See under Apostolical . Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.

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Synonyms: apostolical
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Adjective

 apostolic, papal, pontifical.
Consider also: adherent, Christian, popish, roman, pompous, clerical, theological, portentous, fateful, grandiloquent, overblown, prodigious, tall.

Noun

 cleric.

Other

 disciple, theologic.
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Computed Synonyms: apostolical

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   21.0997   apostolical     apostolic     papal, pontifical, apostolically, popish, apostolic succession   
 2   5.2091   apostolical     papal     pontifical, popish, apostolic, papist, papistic   
 3   3.4095   apostolical     pontifical     papal, Episcopal, popish, apostolic, pontificals   
 4   3.0091   apostolical     popish     papal, papistic, pontifical, papist, Romish   
 5   1.0093   apostolical     papistic     papistical, popish, Catholic, Roman Catholic, papal   
 6   1.0091   apostolical     Babylonian     ungodly, sinful, reprobate, corrupt, nefarious   
 7   1.0090   apostolical     missionary     evangelist, preacher, envoy, messenger, delegate   
 8   1.0088   apostolical     ultramontane     tramontane, papist, Italian, popish, transalpine   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Synonyms within Context: apostolical

Context Synonyms within Context

Judeo-Christian Revelation

Apostolical, apocalyptic, apostle, apostolic, biblical, canonical, disciple, ecclesiastical, evangelical, evangelist, evangelistic, Holy Men of old, inspired, inspired penmen, prophet, prophetic, sacred, saint, scriptural, seer, textuary, the Apostolical Fathers, the Fathers, theophneusted, theopneustic.

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Translations: apostolical

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Albanian papnor (apostolic, apostolical, papal, pontifical), apostolik (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Albanian, Turkey (Europe), apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Arnaut papnor (apostolic, apostolical, papal, pontifical), apostolik (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Arnaut, Turkey (Europe), apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Balgarski апостолски (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Balgarski (transliteration) apostolski (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Bulgarian апостолски (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Bulgarian (transliteration) apostolski (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Daco-Rumanian papal (apostolic, apostolical, papal, popish), apostolic (apostolic, apostolical, apostolically). Additional references: Daco-Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Deutsch apostolische (apostolical). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Gaelg ostyllagh (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Gaelg, United Kingdom, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Gailck ostyllagh (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Gailck, United Kingdom, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
German apostolische (apostolical). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 사도적인 (apostolical, apostolic), 사도의 (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 사도적인 (apostolical, apostolic), 사도의 (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
High German apostolische (apostolical). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Hochdeutsch apostolische (apostolical). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Hungarian apostoli (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian apostolico (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese 使徒の (apostolical), 使徒だ (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 사도적인 (apostolical, apostolic), 사도의 (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Magyar apostoli (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Manx ostyllagh (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Manx, United Kingdom, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Manx Gaelic ostyllagh (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Manx Gaelic, United Kingdom, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Moldavian papal (apostolic, apostolical, papal, popish), apostolic (apostolic, apostolical, apostolically). Additional references: Moldavian, Romania, Hungary, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Polish apostolski (apostolic, apostolical, missionary). Additional references: Polish, Poland, Czech Republic, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Polnisch apostolski (apostolic, apostolical, missionary). Additional references: Polnisch, Poland, Czech Republic, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Polski apostolski (apostolic, apostolical, missionary). Additional references: Polski, Poland, Czech Republic, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese apostólico (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Romanian papal (apostolic, apostolical, papal, popish), apostolic (apostolic, apostolical, apostolically). Additional references: Romanian, Romania, Hungary, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Rumanian papal (apostolic, apostolical, papal, popish), apostolic (apostolic, apostolical, apostolically). Additional references: Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Ruotsi apostolisk (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian папский (papal, apostolic, popish, apostolical, papain), апостольский (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian (transliteration) papskiy (papal, apostolic, popish, apostolical, papain), apostolʹskiy (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki папский (papal, apostolic, popish, apostolical, papain), апостольский (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki (transliteration) papskiy (papal, apostolic, popish, apostolical, papain), apostolʹskiy (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Scots Gaelic abstolach (apostolical). Additional references: Scots Gaelic, United Kingdom, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Serbian (transliteration) apostolski (apostolic, apostolical, apostolically), papski (papal, pontifical, popish, apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Serbian (transliteration), apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Shkip papnor (apostolic, apostolical, papal, pontifical), apostolik (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Shkip, Turkey (Europe), apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Shqip papnor (apostolic, apostolical, papal, pontifical), apostolik (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Shqip, Turkey (Europe), apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Shqiperë papnor (apostolic, apostolical, papal, pontifical), apostolik (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Shqiperë, Turkey (Europe), apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Skchip papnor (apostolic, apostolical, papal, pontifical), apostolik (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Skchip, Turkey (Europe), apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish apostólico (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Svenska apostolisk (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Swedish apostolisk (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Tosk papnor (apostolic, apostolical, papal, pontifical), apostolik (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Tosk, Turkey (Europe), apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Turkish havariler ile ilgili (apostolic, apostolical), apostoller ile ilgili (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian апостольський (apostolic, apostolical), папський (papal, pontifical, apostolic, apostolical, Babylonian). Additional references: Ukrainian, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian (transliteration) apostolʹsʹkiy (apostolic, apostolical), papsʹkiy (papal, pontifical, apostolic, apostolical, Babylonian). Additional references: Ukrainian, apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
Zhgabe papnor (apostolic, apostolical, papal, pontifical), apostolik (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Zhgabe, Turkey (Europe), apostolical. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: apostolical

Language Translations for “apostolical” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag athagapathagostathagolathagicathagal (apostolical). Additional references: Athag, apostolical. (volunteer)
Double Dutch agapagostagolagicagal (apostolical). Additional references: Double Dutch, apostolical. (volunteer)
Leet 4|>¤5+¤|_|[4|_ (apostolical). Additional references: Leet, apostolical. (volunteer)
Oppish opapopostopolopicopal (apostolical). Additional references: Oppish, apostolical. (volunteer)
Pig Latin apostolicalway (apostolical). Additional references: Pig Latin, apostolical. (volunteer)
Terran B apostolic (apostolic, apostolical). Additional references: Terran B, apostolical. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi ubapubostubolubicubal (apostolical). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, apostolical. (volunteer)
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