English Explanatory Dictionary

ecclesia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The public legislative assembly of the Athenians.
  2. A church, either as a body or as a building.
  3. The congregation, the group of believers, symbolic body or building.

Pronunciation

/ɪˈkli.zi.ə/

Word forms

ecclesia ecclesiae ecclesias ekklesia

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía). Doublet of Eccles.

Related words

ecclesial ecclesiast Ecclesiastes ecclesiastic ecclesiastical ecclesiastically ecclesio- ecclesiologic ecclesiological ecclesiologically ecclesiologist ecclesiology sola ecclesia
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