arch. [f. prec. + -HOOD.] The office or position of an apostle.
a. 1000. Poetry Codex Vercell., 3300 (1843). Ȝehalʓode fore þam heremæʓene þurh apostolhad.
1382. Wyclif, Acts i. 25. This mynisterie and apostilhed [1388 apostlehed; Tindale et seqq., Apostleship].
c. 1449. Pecock, Repr., III. iv. 295. Crist here clepid this ȝong man into apostilhode.
1483. Cathol. Angl., An Apostyllehede; apostolatus.
