apostle spoon

== English == === Noun === apostle spoon (plural apostle spoons) A spoon (usually silver) with an image of an apostle or other Christian religious figure as the termination of the handle. 1926, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, “The Dagger With Wings” in The Incredulity of Father Brown: He had picked up a small apostle spoon from the sideboard and by sheer violence broke off the small figure at the top.