apostolical's Usage Examples:

This is the Catholic view, common to all the ancient Churches whether of the West or East, and it is one that necessarily excludes from the union of Christendom all those Christian communities which possess no such apostolically derived ministry.

Some have claimed for it apostolical sanction and found its origin in the liturgical head-gear of the Jewish priesthood.

The Revolution intervened; and when, during the religious reaction that followed, men sought for an ultimate authority, they found it in the papal monarch, exalted now by ultramontane zeal into the sole depositary of the apostolical tradition (see ULTRAMONTANIsM).

Synonyms:

papal, pontifical, apostolic,

Antonyms:

unpretentious,