apostelic father

1. 1.

   any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people

   SynonymsApostle

   BroaderChristian

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Questions about apostelic father

What does apostelic father mean?

apostelic father means "any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people".

What is another word for apostelic father?

Close synonyms include Apostle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is apostelic father a common word?

apostelic father is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.