Ecclesia

//ɪˈkli.zi.ə// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The public legislative assembly of the Athenians. historical
  2. 2
    A church, either as a body or as a building.

    "The 1880s were no more peaceful for the ecclesias than had been the 1870s. Generally membership was increasing; so much so in London that two new ecclesias were formed, leaving about 200 in the older ecclesia at Islington."

  3. 3
    The congregation, the group of believers, symbolic body or building.

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"The 1880s were no more peaceful for the ecclesias than had been the 1870s. Generally membership was increasing; so much so in London that two new ecclesias were formed, leaving about 200 in the older ecclesia at Islington."

Etymology

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

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