Epistolary means "relating to an

epistle An epistle (; ) is a writing directed or sent to a person or group of people, usually an elegant and formal didactic letter. The epistle genre of letter-writing was common in ancient Egypt as part of the scribal-school writing curriculum. The ...

letter Letter, letters, or literature may refer to: Characters typeface * Letter (alphabet), a character representing one or more of the sounds used in speech or none in the case of a silent letter; any of the symbols of an alphabet * Letterform, the g ...

". It may refer to: * Epistolary (), a Christian

liturgical book A liturgical book, or service book, is a book published by the authority of a church body that contains the text and directions for the liturgy of its official Church service, religious services. Christianity Roman Rite In the Roman Rite of ...

containing set readings for church services from the New Testament Epistles *

Epistolary novel An epistolary novel () is a novel written as a series of letters between the fictional characters of a narrative. The term is often extended to cover novels that intersperse other kinds of fictional document with the letters, most commonly di ...

, a novel written as a series of letters *

Epistolary poem An epistolary poem, also called a verse letter or letter poem,John Drury, The Poetry Dictionary, 2d ed. 2005p. 332/ref> is a poem in the form of an epistle or letter. History Epistolary poems date at least as early as the Roman poet Ovid (43 BC – ...

, a poem in the form of an epistle or letter

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