ɪˈpɪsl̩
A letter, especially a formal one or one of the letters in the New Testament.
Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house. And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.
Colossians 4:15-16, KJV
epistola /epistola/
Classical Latin, Rome
ἐπιστολή /epistolē/
Ancient Greek, Greece
epistol /epistol/
Old English, England