Apostle
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people
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Sense 2 noun
(New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | apostolic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | Christian |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Luke |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Saint Mark |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Patrick |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Saint Paul |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | apostleship |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | apostolic |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | New Testament |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | Christian |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | disciple |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Andrew |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Saint James |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Saint John |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Judas Iscariot |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Jude |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Matthew |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Peter |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Simon |
| 2 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | doubting Thomas |