apostle |
(sometimes cap.) one of the twelve disciples of Jesus Christ who were sent forth to spread his teachings. [3 definitions] |
Apostles' Creed |
a profession of faith in Christianity that is popularly attributed to Jesus Christ's apostles and often spoken as part of some worship services. |
apostolate |
the office, duties, mission, or term of activity of an apostle, or, esp., of the pope as head of the Apostolic See in the Roman Catholic Church. |
apostolic |
having to do with Jesus Christ's apostles or their teachings. [2 definitions] |
Apostolic See |
the pope's see or center of authority, believed to have been founded at Rome by Peter. |
apostolic succession |
a doctrine of certain Christian faiths that their bishops are the successors in an unbroken line to the apostles of Jesus Christ. |
apostrophe1 |
a mark (') used to show the omission of one or more letters or numbers from a word or figure, as in "wouldn't" for "would not" and "'87" for "1987". [3 definitions] |
apostrophe2 |
esp. in drama, an address to someone absent or imaginary, or to an object or idea. |
apostrophize |
to address (a person, usu. absent, or a personified object or idea). [2 definitions] |
apothecaries' measure |
a system of fluid measure used to dispense liquid drugs. |
apothecaries' weight |
a system of weights used to dispense drugs. |
apothecary |
a person who prepares and sells drugs and other medicines; pharmacist. |
apothegm |
a short instructive saying; maxim; aphorism. |
apotheosis |
elevation to the status of a god. [2 definitions] |
apotheosize |
to raise to the status of god; deify; glorify. |
app |
(informal) in computing, a shortened form of "application program." [2 definitions] |
appal |
variant of appall. |
Appalachia |
a region in the United States extending from southwestern Pennsylvania to northwestern Georgia and including the southern Appalachian Mountains. |
Appalachian |
of or pertaining to Appalachia. |
Appalachian Mountains |
mountain system in eastern North America extending from southeastern Canada to central Alabama in the United States; Appalachians. |
appall |
to cause to feel horror, shock, dismay, or the like. |