apostle
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6.0
- noun
- /əˈpɑːsəl/
- As a passionate advocate for renewable energy, she became an apostle of environmental reform in her community.
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Watch on YouTubeWhat they can also have is a group of devotees, apostles, followers, fans who take the hit for them.
- What they can also have is a group of devotees, apostles, followers, fans who take the hit for them.
- I don't I don't want to become the great apostle or prophet of not accepting the free T-shirt from work.
- Then move now with the apostles, with the polls, with the polls this possibly close or not.
Examples
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The book had an impact, especially when picked up by Rush Limbaugh, a new apostle of environmental science.
Academic text (1995) -
Thus, when Froude published Carlyle's Reminiscences, he was acting in good faith, for he believed himself to be an apostle of earnestness.
Academic text (2001) -
But he was not an apostle of regional union.
Academic text (2007) -
I am a huge advocate a an apostle for a new national conversation.
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Thekla becomes her own apostle, spreading the message.
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Then we get to the apostle of liberty, Jose Marti.
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Dr. Martin Luther King, the apostle of non-violence in the civil rights movement has been shot to death in Memphis, Tennessee.
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265 Justice Scalia is an apostle of what critical academicians now call "the new textualism."
Academic text (1990) -
Yet, the Gita was precious to the apostle of nonviolence, Mahatma Gandhi.
Academic text (2015) -
Instead, they were brought into the campaign because both Obama and McCain must pretend to be apostles in order to appease an ever-growing and politicized religious constituency and a media that bizarrely does its bidding.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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6.1
A person who follows and helps spread a teacher's ideas
95
5.2
A person who supports an idea, plan, or cause
31
5.6
A person who campaigns strongly for social or political change
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6.6
A person who supports a party, leader, or idea and helps promote it
19
3.2
A person who supports and promotes a team, player, or cause
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5.7
A person who strongly promotes a product or idea so other people will accept it
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8.9
A person who tries to convince others to follow a religion or belief
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5.9
A person who publicly tells others about religious beliefs
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7.1
A person who strongly promotes a product, idea, or cause
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7.7
A person who defends people or ideas that others criticize
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6.8
A person who supports and speaks for a cause
Compounds
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7.3
One of the twelve followers of Jesus who does not believe Jesus rose until he sees him
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5.5
A follower of Jesus who led the first Christians and is seen by Catholics as the first pope
- Formal
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8.5
A title for Saint Paul, a Christian leader who spreads Christianity to non-Jewish people
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7.5
One of Jesus's twelve followers who is John's brother and traditionally said to have written the New Testament letter James
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7.6
One of the twelve followers of Jesus who is said to have written the first Gospel in the New Testament
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6.7
One of Jesus's twelve followers, brother of John, traditionally said to have written the New Testament letter James
1
6.7
A follower of Jesus who led the Apostles and Catholics regard as the first Pope
A short letter in the Christian Bible from Paul asking Philemon to forgive his runaway slave
A short Bible letter from Paul giving advice about church leaders
A book of the Christian Bible that Paul wrote to the Christians in Colossae
A New Testament letter by Paul to the people of Ephesus about being saved through Christ
A book in the Christian Bible with Paul's letter to people in Galatia
A book of the New Testament that is a letter Paul wrote to Christians in Philippi
A book in the Christian Bible that explains Paul's teachings to Christians in Rome
A short New Testament letter that gives advice to a church leader named Timothy about teaching and behavior
A letter in the Christian Bible from Paul to the church in Corinth
A New Testament book that contains Paul's first letter to the Christians in Thessalonica
One of the twelve followers of Jesus, brother of Peter and patron saint of Scotland
A person who was one of Jesus' twelve disciples and is believed to have written the first Gospel
A New Testament book that is Paul's second letter to the church at Corinth
A book in the New Testament that is a letter from Paul to the people in Thessalonica
A short Bible letter from Paul giving advice and encouragement to Timothy
How Supportive
- Offensive
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8.1
14
6.0
67
4.2
345
4.1
810
1.0
34
4.8
Surface Forms
Etymology
Apostle also came to mean a passionate promoter because an apostle was someone 'sent' to spread a message, like a person on a 'mission'. That's why we can call a strong supporter an apostle of a cause.