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epistolary definition

epis·to·lary (ē pis′tə ler′ē)

adjective

  1. of or suitable to letters or letter writing
  2. contained in or conducted by letters
  3. written in the form of a series of letters exchanged by the characters, as certain novels of the 18th cent.

Etymology: Fr épistolaire < L epistolaris < epistola, epistle

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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