subapostolic

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adjective

Pertaining to the period after the apostolic age (the time of Christ's apostles) and the early Catholic age (when the followers of the apostles were gone) in early Christian church history, at the tail end of the first century and into the early years of the second century AD.

OriginEnglish apostolic ← Latin apostolicu →
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Meanings

adjectivesubapostolic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePertaining to the period after the apostolic age (the time of Christ's apostles) and the early Catholic age (when the followers of the apostles were gone) in early Christian church history, at the tail end of the first century and into the early years of the second century AD.

Origin

  1. Latinsub
  2. Latinsub-
  3. Englishsub-
  4. Latinapostolicu
  5. Englishapostolic
  6. Englishsubapostolic

From sub- + apostolic.

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APA

subapostolic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subapostolic

MLA

“subapostolic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/subapostolic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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