EPISTLE TO PHILEMON

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul to Philemon asking Philemon to forgive the slave for escaping

Synonyms:

Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Philemon; Epistle to Philemon; Philemon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Instance hypernyms:

Epistle (a book of the New Testament written in the form of a letter from an Apostle)

New Testament (the collection of books of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Pauline and other epistles, and Revelation; composed soon after Christ's death; the second half of the Christian Bible)

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