单词 | ecclesia |
释义 | ecclesian. Historical. A Greek word for a regularly convoked assembly; chiefly applied to the general assembly of Athenian citizens. On the introduction of Christianity it became the regular word for church n.1 and adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of deliberative or legislative assembly > [noun] > in Athens ecclesia1577 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. i. ix. sig. E.viij/2 Ecclesia, which worde we vse for the Churche is properly an assembly. 1820 T. Mitchell in tr. Aristophanes Comedies I. 227 (note) The ecclesia consisted of all such as were freemen of Athens. 1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VIII. ii. lxiv. 281 That misguided vote, both of the Senate and of the Ekklesia. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < |
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