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noun

Apostolate n.

The dignity, office, or mission, of an apostle; apostleship. "Judas had miscarried and lost his apostolate."

The dignity or office of the pope, as the holder of the apostolic see.

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"Apostolate" Quotes from Famous Books

... was saying," said Mr. Highfly, "that at present we are restoring the Gentile Apostolate. The Church of England has Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, but a Scriptural Church has more; it is plain it ought to have Apostles. In Scripture Apostles had the supreme authority, and the three Anglican orders were but subordinate ...

— Loss and Gain - The Story of a Convert • John Henry Newman

... arrangements they tried to make a beginning in their apostolate. On discussing where they would better employ themselves, they thought that they would better not separate far then, since they were so few. Quite near by, eight leguas distant, was the village of Marivelez, which had no ministers. The other ministers had left it because of the insalubrity of ...

— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXI, 1624 • Various