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ecclesia

/ɪˈkli.zi.ə/

ecclesia noun: the public legislative assembly of the Athenians.

Noun

ecclesia (plural ecclesiae or ecclesias)

  1. (historical) The public legislative assembly of the Athenians.
  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.1961, Bryan R[onald] Wilson, “The History of Christadelphianism”, in Sects and Society: A Sociological Study of Three Religious Groups in Britain (Heinemann Books on Sociology), London: William...
  3. The congregation, the group of believers, symbolic body or building.

Forms of ecclesia

pluralecclesiae
pluralecclesias
alternative formekklesia

Plural of ecclesia: ecclesiae or ecclesias

Origin of ecclesia

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

Questions about ecclesia

What does ecclesia mean?
Ecclesia means the public legislative assembly of the Athenians.
What part of speech is ecclesia?
Ecclesia is a noun.
How do you pronounce ecclesia?
Ecclesia is pronounced /ɪˈkli.zi.ə/.
What is the plural of ecclesia?
The plural of ecclesia is ecclesiae.

Words near ecclesia in the dictionary

  1. Ecclesbourne
  2. Ecclesfield
  3. Eccleshall
  4. Eccleshalls
  5. Eccleshill
  6. ecclesia
  7. ecclesiae
  8. ecclesial
  9. ecclesiality
  10. ecclesially
  11. ecclesialogy

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