missive

noun

A written message; a letter. synonym: letter.

Sent or proceeding, as from some authoritative or official source.

Thrown or hurled; missile.

noun

That which is sent; specifically, a written message; a letter; especially, in Scots law, a letter interchanged between parties, in which the one party offers to enter into a contract on certain conditions, and the other party accepts the offer, completing the contract.

noun

A person sent; a messenger.

adjective

Specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent.

adjective

Missile.

adjective

letters conveying the permission, comand, or advice of a superior authority, as a sovereign. They are addressed and sent to some certain person or persons, and are distinguished from letters patent, which are addressed to the public.

noun

That which is sent; a writing containing a message.

noun

One who is sent; a messenger.