Definitions of apostolic

1. proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles; " papal dispensation"

2. Pertaining or according to the Apostles. Apostolic Fathers, Christian teachers in part contemporary with the Apostles. Apostolic See, the see of Rome or the Pope. Apostolic succession, the lineal transmission from the Apostles of the qualification necessary to constitute any one a minister of the grace of Christ.

3. Relating to the apostles or to the office of an apostle.