Epistler
[ih-pis-tl-er] /ɪˈpɪs tl ər/
noun
1.
Also, epistolist. a writer of an epistle.
2.
the person who reads or chants the epistle in the Eucharistic service.
/ɪˈpɪslə; ɪˈpɪstlə/
noun (often capital)
1.
a writer of an epistle or epistles
2.
the person who reads the Epistle in a Christian religious service
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