Associations to the word «Epistolary»

Wiktionary

EPISTOLARY, noun. A Christian liturgical book containing set readings for church services from the New Testament Epistles.
EPISTOLARY, adjective. Of or relating to letters, or the writing of letters
EPISTOLARY, adjective. Carried on by written correspondence
EPISTOLARY, adjective. In the manner of written correspondence

Dictionary definition

EPISTOLARY, adjective. Written in the form of or carried on by letters or correspondence; "an endless sequence of epistolary love affairs"; "the epistolatory novel".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats