0 someone who strongly supports a particular belief or political movement:
1 any of the twelve men whom Jesus Christ chose to teach other people about Christianity, or someone who strongly supports a particular belief or political movement
Given the dangers facing the nation, the fictional diarist argued, it would be best to expel all ' apostles ' of foreign religions and international social doctrines.
The last chapters concern categories of saints : the apostles, evangelists, martyrs, confessors, virgins, and a final chapter on the dedication of churches.
I shall not pursue my inquiries as to which schools the apostles of that policy emerged from.
Does she believe that they are apostles of sweetness and light?
The reduction of our defences is the only suggestion which has emanated from the apostles of retrenchment.
He seemed to take the view that it was all the responsibility of the apostles of class warfare.
If the apostles had adopted that tone, the early church would never have got off the ground.
We have heard some of the apostles of concentrated assistance today.
