ˌsubapoˈstolic, a.
[sub- 18.]
Belonging to or characteristic of the period in the history of the Church immediately following that of the apostles.
| 1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 854/2 The history of the apostolic and subapostolic ages. 1881 Westcott & Hort Grk. N.T. II. 296 Stray relics surviving from the apostolic or sub⁓apostolic age. |