Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for A-POS'TO-LATE
A-POS'TLE-SHIPA-POS-TOL'IC, or A-POS-TOL'IC-AL
A-POS'TO-LATE, n.
A mission; the dignity or office of an apostle. Ancient writers use it for the office of a bishop; but it is now restricted to the dignity of the pope, whose see is called the Apostolic See. – Encyc.
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