ecclesia

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ecclesia

/ɪˈkli.zi.ə/

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

noun ecclesiae · ecclesias · ekklesia

historical The public legislative assembly of the Athenians.
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.
The congregation, the group of believers, symbolic body or building.

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@misc{ecclesia_2026,
  title = {ecclesia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ecclesia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}