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epistle side

noun

  1. the right side of a church, facing the altar.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of epistle side1

First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences

We must remark that he was then at the epistle side of the altar.

He had a special place on the epistle side of the altar, not far from the organ.

Here the pontiff descended again to his robing throne at the epistle side of the altar.

His interment was performed with all possible solemnity in the cathedral, on the epistle side near the high altar.

He is a creole of this country, and is ordained as reader on the epistle side.

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epistlerEpistle to the Galatians