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Epistle

/ɪˈpɪsəl/
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(noun) A literary composition in the form of a letter or series of letters, especially one in verse.

The apostle wrote an epistle to the community.
The epistle was read aloud in church.
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The monk spent his afternoons carefully transcribing a sacred ____ from the ancient archives.

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