All 5 Uses of
apostle
in
Jane Eyre
- I must see the light of the unsnuffed candle wane on my employment; the shadows darken on the wrought, antique tapestry round me, and grow black under the hangings of the vast old bed, and quiver strangely over the doors of a great cabinet opposite — whose front, divided into twelve panels, bore, in grim design, the heads of the twelve apostles, each enclosed in its separate panel as in a frame; while above them at the top rose an ebon crucifix and a dying Christ.†
Chpt 20
- His, under such circumstances, is the destiny of the pioneer; and the first pioneers of the Gospel were the Apostles — their captain was Jesus, the Redeemer, Himself.†
Chpt 30 *
- Rosamond a sufferer, a labourer, a female apostle?†
Chpt 32 *
- But I was no apostle, — I could not behold the herald, — I could not receive his call.†
Chpt 34
- His is the exaction of the apostle, who speaks but for Christ, when he says — "Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me."†
Chpt 38
Definitions:
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(apostle as in: an apostle for the cause) an enthusiastic early supporter of a cause or reform
or:
any important Christian missionary -- especially the first to a country or region
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(Apostle as in: chosen by Jesus) Christianity: one of the original 12 disciples (followers) chosen by Jesus Christ to preach his gospel