All 3 Uses of
epistle
in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- "What a woman—oh, what a woman!" cried the King of Bohemia, when we had all three read this epistle.†
Chpt 1 *
- "Here is a very fashionable epistle," I remarked as he entered.†
Chpt 10
- "It is dated from Grosvenor Mansions, written with a quill pen, and the noble lord has had the misfortune to get a smear of ink upon the outer side of his right little finger," remarked Holmes as he folded up the epistle.†
Chpt 10
Definition:
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(epistle) a letter -- especially a long, formal one
or:
a book of the New Testament in the form of a letter from an Apostle