pistle
pis·tle
pistle · pistles
Synonym of epistleSynonym of epistle.
UK/ˈpɪsl̩/US/ˈpɪs(ə)l/
Meaning
2 senses(archaic, obsolete)Synonym of epistle.
(obsolete)A story conveyed verbally.
Origin
The noun is derived from Middle English pistel, pistle (“letter; epistle”) [and other formThe noun is derived from Middle English pistel, pistle (“letter; epistle”) [and other forms], from Old English pistol (“letter, epistle”), an aphetic form of epistol, epistola, from Latin epistola (“letter, epistle; literary work in letter form”): see further at epistle.
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