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apostle
noun
[ əˈpɒs(ə)l ]
• each of the twelve chief disciples of Jesus Christ.
Origin:
Old English apostol, via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek apostolos ‘messenger’, from apostellein ‘send forth’.
