epistle

1. N-COUNT An epistle is a letter. 书信[文学性]

2. N-COUNT In the Bible, the Epistles are a series of books in the New Testament that were originally written as letters to the early Christians. 使徒书信; 《圣经·新约》中的各卷书，原为早期基督徒的书信[usu N 'to' n]