apostle
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- noun
- /əˈpɑːsəl/
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apóstol
- As a passionate advocate for renewable energy, she became an apostle of environmental reform in her community.
What 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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A person who follows and helps spread a teacher's ideas
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5.2
A person who supports an idea, plan, or cause
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3.2
A person who supports and promotes a team, player, or cause
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5.6
A person who campaigns strongly for social or political change
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A person who supports a party, leader, or idea and helps promote it
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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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A person who strongly promotes a product, idea, or cause
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5.9
A person who publicly tells others about religious beliefs
A person who supports and speaks for a cause
A person who defends people or ideas that others criticize
Compounds
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
- Formal
A title for Saint Paul, a Christian leader who spreads Christianity to non-Jewish people
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
One of Jesus's twelve followers, brother of John, traditionally said to have written the New Testament letter James
A follower of Jesus who led the first Christians and is seen by Catholics as the first pope
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
One of the twelve followers of Jesus who does not believe Jesus rose until he sees him
One of Jesus's twelve followers who is John's brother and traditionally said to have written the New Testament letter James
One of the twelve followers of Jesus who is said to have written the first Gospel in the New Testament
A follower of Jesus who led the Apostles and Catholics regard as the first Pope
How Supportive
- Offensive
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4.2
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4.1
817
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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.