Apostolos

[ah-paws-taw-laws, uh-pos-tl-os]

noun

Greek Orthodox Church.

1. a book containing parts of the Epistles and parts of the Acts of the Apostles.

2. a reading from this book.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Apostolos¹

< Late Greek, Greek: apostle

Example Sentences

Apostolos Tzitzikostas, European commissioner for transport and tourism, stressed that Europe doesn’t want a war with Russia, but that it is introducing these measures as a deterrence.

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Two seasons ago it was Kevin van Veen with 25 league goals, then it was Theo Bair with 15 and now that Bair has gone, is Apostolos Stamatelopoulos the next Motherwell striker to light up the Premiership?

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Mark Apostolos, an attorney for the families, said his firm’s investigation determined that a Jeep Wrangler being used to push cargo on board the ship was observed to have been emitting smoke from its engine compartment several hours before the fire began.

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Acabou and Brooks “were caused to enter into that fire and ultimately made the ultimate sacrifice,” Apostolos said.

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While the system was activated, a door to the main garage on deck 12 remained open, providing the fire with continuous oxygen to sustain the flames, and rendering the CO2 system useless, Apostolos said.

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