Obs. Also 6 epistolare. [ad. L. epistolār-is, f. epistola: see EPISTLE.] = EPISTOLARY in various senses.
1579. Twyne, Phisicke agst. Fortune, II. Ep. Ded. 153 a. The Epistolare Preface of Frauncis Petrarche.
1649. Bp. Hall, Cases Consc., II. ii. (1654), 81. I have long agoe spent my opinion upon this point, in a large epistolar discourse.
1681. H. More, Expos. Daniel, Pref. p. l. The third is of the Epistolar Prophecy in the Apocalypse.
1715. M. Davies, Athen. Brit., I. 49. His Epistolar Stile … was rather copious than eloquent.
