a. Obs. rare. [? f. APOSTLE + -LY1; OE. apostolíc (for apostol-líc), ME. *apostelich.]
c. 880. K. Ælfred, Bæda, I. xxvi. (Bosw.). Þæt apostolíce líf ðǽre frymþelican cyricean.
a. 1520. Myrr. our Ladye, 319. I byleue on holy comon and apostly chirche.
