▪ I. † eˈpistolar, n. Obs.
In 6 apistiller.
[ad. med.L. epistolāre, -ārium.]
The book from which the ‘epistle’ is read.
| c 1530 in Gutch Coll. Cur. II. 340 Two Claspes for the great Apistiller of silver and gilte. |
▪ II. † epistolar, a. Obs.
(ɪˈpɪstələ(r))
Also 6 epistolare.
[ad. L. epistolār-is, f. epistola: see epistle.]
= epistolary in various senses.
| 1579 Twyne Phisicke agst. Fortune ii. Ep. Ded. 153 a, The Epistolare Preface of Frauncis Petrarche. 1649 Bp. Hall Cases Consc. ii. ii. (1654) 81, I have long agoe spent my opinion upon this point, in a large epistolar discourse. 1681 H. More Exp. Dan. Pref. 50 The third is of the Epistolar Prophecy in the Apocalypse. 1715 M. Davies Ath. Brit. I. 49 His Epistolar Stile..was rather copious than eloquent. |