apostolatus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ăpostŏlātus, ūs, m. [apostolus],

the office of an apostle , apostleship (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Act. 1, 25; ib. Rom. 1, 5 al.; Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 20; Sid. Ep. 7, 4.