n. [ L. apostolatus, fr. apostolus. See Apostle. ] 1. The dignity, office, or mission, of an apostle; apostleship. [ 1913 Webster ]

Judas had miscarried and lost his apostolate. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The dignity or office of the pope, as the holder of the apostolic see. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Auto- + Gr. &unr_; worship. ] Self-worship. Farrar. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The second largest city of the Republic of Macedonia (the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), population 84, 002 (2000). It is also known as city of consuls. The city of Bitola is situated in Pelagonian flat, at the foot of Baba mountain. It was established by Slavs and it was given the slavic name Obitel - Bitola. It is assumed that the city got this name because of the many monasteries being built there. Later, during the rule of Turks, the Turks called it Monastir and it was a significant administrative and military center with 12 consulates. It managed to preserve the primacy of a leading city, especially in the XIX century when it rapidly grew to about 40.000 inhabitants. Bitola developed trading relations with Vienna, Paris, Leipzig, London and Thessalonika to the south. In that time Bitola exceeded Skopje, both in wealth and beauty. During World War II it was destroyed by heavy bombing. Bitola started to grow and develop economically only after liberation in 1945. See also Macedonia{ 2 }. Goce Vasilevski [ PJC ]

n. a deciduous or semi-evergreen tree (Cassia fistula) having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; it grows in tropical Asia, Central and South America, and Australia.
Syn. -- golden shower tree, drumstick tree, purging cassia, pudding pipe tree, canafistola. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Epistolary. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. epistolaris, fr. epistola: cf. F. épistolaire. ] 1. Pertaining to epistles or letters; suitable to letters and correspondence; as, an epistolary style. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Contained in letters; carried on by letters. “Epistolary correspondence.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. It. ortolano ortolan, gardener, fr. L. hortulanus gardener, fr. hortulus, dim. of hortus garden. So called because it frequents the hedges of gardens. See Yard an inclosure, and cf. Hortulan. ] (Zool.) (a) A European singing bird (Emberiza hortulana), about the size of the lark, with black wings. It is esteemed delicious food when fattened. Called also bunting. (b) In England, the wheatear (Saxicola oenanthe). (c) In America, the sora, or Carolina rail (Porzana Carolina). See Sora. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. fyla`ssein to guard + laimo`s the gullet. ] (Zool.) An order of fresh-water Bryozoa in which the tentacles are arranged on a horseshoe-shaped lophophore, and the mouth is covered by an epistome. Called also Lophopoda, and hippocrepians. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Phylactolæma. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ NL., fr. Gr. fyto`n plant + It. lacca lac. ] (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants, some of them having berries which abound in intensely red juice; poke, or pokeweed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] A pistol shot. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Stolae [ L. See Stole a garment. ] (Rom. Antiq.) A long garment, descending to the ankles, worn by Roman women. [ 1913 Webster ]

The stola was not allowed to be worn by courtesans, or by women who had been divorced from their husbands. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. qay^ma, qay`matos, a wonder + latrei`a worship. ] Worship or undue admiration of wonderful or miraculous things. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The thaumatolatry by which our theology has been debased for more than a century. Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Hind., from Skr. tulā a balance. ] A weight of British India. The standard tola is equal to 180 grains. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Toluene. ] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon, C14H10, related both to the acetylene and the aromatic series, and produced artificially as a white crystalline substance; -- called also diphenyl acetylene. [ 1913 Webster ]