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noun, feminine

épître

/e.pitʁ/

noun, feminine/e.pitʁ/plural: épîtres

epistle (a letter)

Synonyms: lettre

Inherited from Old French epistre, epistle, from Late Latin epistola (probably a semi-learned borrowing), from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ). Doublet of épistule / épistole.