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Apostle

Literally: One sent forth; a messenger. Specifically: One of the twelve disciples of Christ, specially chosen as his companions and witnesses, and sent forth to preach the gospel.

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Adherent 76% connected

Sticking; clinging; adhering.

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Believer 76% connected

One who believes; one who is persuaded of the truth or reality of some doctrine, person, or thing.

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Christian 76% connected

One who believes, or professes or is assumed to believe, in Jesus Christ, and the truth as taught by Him; especially, one whose inward and outward li…

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Disciple 76% connected

One who receives instruction from another; a scholar; a learner; especially, a follower who has learned to believe in the truth of the doctrine of hi…

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Truster 76% connected

One who trusts, or credits.

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Apostleship 74% connected

The office or dignity of an apostle.

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Apostleship 74% connected

The office or dignity of an apostle.

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Apostolic 74% connected

Alt. of Apostolical

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Apostolic 74% connected

Alt. of Apostolical

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Apostolical 74% connected

Pertaining to an apostle, or to the apostles, their times, or their peculiar spirit; as, an apostolical mission; the apostolic age.

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Apostolical 74% connected

Pertaining to an apostle, or to the apostles, their times, or their peculiar spirit; as, an apostolical mission; the apostolic age.

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Breastplate noun · 78% connection

A part of the vestment of the high priest, worn upon the front of the ephod. It was a double piece of richly embroidered stuff, a span…

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Campbellite noun · 78% connection

A member of the denomination called Christians or Disciples of Christ. They themselves repudiate the term Campbellite as a nickname. S…

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CDNA noun · 78% connection

single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA or DNA that has been synthesized from messenger RNA by reverse transcriptase

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Christophany noun · 78% connection

An appearance of Christ, as to his disciples after the crucifixion.

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Complementary DNA noun · 78% connection

single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA or DNA that has been synthesized from messenger RNA by reverse transcriptase

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Courier noun · 78% connection

A messenger sent with haste to convey letters or dispatches, usually on public business.

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Cross noun · 78% connection

The sign or mark of the cross, made with the finger, or in ink, etc., or actually represented in some material; the symbol of Christ's…

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Delegate noun · 78% connection

Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.

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Direction noun · 78% connection

The name and residence of a person to whom any thing is sent, written upon the thing sent; superscription; address; as, the direction…

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Dispatch verb · 78% connection

A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; -- often us…

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Dodecagon noun · 78% connection

A figure or polygon bounded by twelve sides and containing twelve angles.

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Dodecandrous adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the Dodecandria; having twelve stamens, or from twelve to nineteen.

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Dodecatemory noun · 78% connection

A tern applied to the twelve houses, or parts, of the zodiac of the primum mobile, to distinguish them from the twelve signs; also, an…

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Doucepere noun · 78% connection

One of the twelve peers of France, companions of Charlemagne in war.

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Dozen noun · 78% connection

A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve; with or without of before the substantive which follows.

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Ebionite noun · 78% connection

One of a sect of heretics, in the first centuries of the church, whose doctrine was a mixture of Judaism and Christianity. They denied…

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Errand noun · 78% connection

A special business intrusted to a messenger; something to be told or done by one sent somewhere for the purpose; often, a verbal messa…

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Evangelist noun · 78% connection

A bringer of the glad tidings of Church and his doctrines. Specially: (a) A missionary preacher sent forth to prepare the way for a re…

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