epistle
noun
[ ɪˈpɪs(ə)l ]
• a letter.
• "activists firing off angry epistles"
Similar:
letter,
missive,
communication,
written message,
written communication,
dispatch,
report,
bulletin,
note,
line,
correspondence,
news,
information,
intelligence,
word,
encyclical,
Origin:
Old English, via Latin from Greek epistolē, from epistellein ‘send news’, from epi ‘upon, in addition’ + stellein ‘send’. The word was reintroduced in Middle English from Old French.
