Chapter Episcopal to Epitrochlea of E by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Epistler
(E*pis"tler) n.

1. A writer of epistles, or of an epistle of the New Testament. M. Arnold.

2. (Eccl.) The ecclesiastic who reads the epistle at the communion service.

Epistolar
(E*pis"to*lar) a. Epistolary. Dr. H. More.

Epistolary
(E*pis"to*la*ry) a. [L. epistolaris, fr. epistola: cf. F. épistolaire.]

1. Pertaining to epistles or letters; suitable to letters and correspondence; as, an epistolary style.

2. Contained in letters; carried on by letters. "Epistolary correspondence." Addison.

Epistolean
(Ep`is*to"le*an) n. One who writes epistles; a correspondent. Mary Cowden Clarke.

Epistoler
(E*pis"to*ler) n. (Eccl.) One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler.

Epistolet
(E*pis"to*let) n. A little epistle. Lamb.

Epistolic
(Ep`is*tol"ic Ep`is*tol"ic*al) a. [L. epistolicus, Gr. .] Pertaining to letters or epistles; in the form or style of letters; epistolary.

Epistolize
(E*pis"to*lize) v. i. To write epistles.

Epistolizer
(E*pis"to*li`zer) n. A writer of epistles.

Epistolographic
(E*pis`to*lo*graph"ic) a. [Gr. : cf. F. épistolographique.] Pertaining to the writing of letters; used in writing letters; epistolary.

Epistolographic characteror mode of writing, the same as Demotic character. See under Demotic.

Epistolography
(E*pis`to*log"ra*phy) n. [Gr. epistle + -graphy: cf. F. épistolographie.] The art or practice of writing epistles.

Epistoma
(||E*pis"to*ma Ep"i*stome) n. [NL. epistoma, fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + mouth.] (Zoöl.) (a) The region between the antennæ and the mouth, in Crustacea. (b) A liplike organ that covers the mouth, in most Bryozoa. See Illust., under Entoprocta.

Epistrophe
(||E*pis"tro*phe) n. [L., from Gr. a turning toward, return, fr. to turn toward; 'epi` upon, to + to turn.] (Rhet.) A figure in which successive clauses end with the same word or affirmation; e. g., "Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I." 2 Cor. xi. 22.

Epistyle
(Ep"i*style) n. [L. epistylium, Gr. 'epi` upon + column: cf. F. épistyle.] (Anc. Arch.) A massive piece of stone or wood laid immediately on the abacus of the capital of a column or pillar; — now called architrave.

Episyllogism
(Ep`i*syl"lo*gism) n. [Pref. epi- + syllogism.] (Logic) A syllogism which assumes as one of its premises a proposition which was the conclusion of a preceding syllogism, called, in relation to this, the prosyllogism.

Epitaph
(Ep"i*taph) n. [F. épitaphe, L. epitaphium a funeral oration, fr. Gr. orig. an adj., over or at a tomb; 'epi` upon + tomb. Cf. Cenotaph.]