Definition of "epistolary" in English

adjective

1. Of or relating to letters, or the writing of letters.

2. Carried on by written correspondence.

   • an epistolary relationship

3. In the manner of written correspondence.

   • epistolary style
   • an epistolary novel
   • Bram Stoker's novel Dracula (1897) is written in epistolary style.

noun

1. (Christianity) A Christian liturgical book containing set readings for church services from the New Testament Epistles.