Ekklesia

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of ecclesia. alt-of, alternative

    "As there is one sun but many rays of the sun, there is one ekklesia with many rays (ekklesiai). The elders in these ekklesiai got no consecration. They were not office-holders."

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"As there is one sun but many rays of the sun, there is one ekklesia with many rays (ekklesiai). The elders in these ekklesiai got no consecration. They were not office-holders."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía).

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