アポストロ

noun

apostle

Archaic early Japanese Christian term borrowed from Portuguese. Used historically in the context of 16th–17th century Japanese Christianity.

from Portuguese apostolo

• 戦せん国ごく時じ代だいのキリシタン文ぶん献けんには「アポストロ」という言こと葉ばが見みられる。

  The word 'apostolo' appears in Christian texts from the Sengoku period.