单词 | encyclical |
释义 | encyclicaladj.n. A. adj. 1. Historical. Used as transl. of Greek ἐγκύκλιος (παιδεία), i.e. general (education); cf. encyclopaedia n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > education > [adjective] > general liberal1509 encyclical1616 encyclic1867 multidisciplined1942 multidisciplinary1944 pluri-disciplinary1970 transdisciplinary1979 1616–61 B. Holyday tr. Persius Sat. 301 The learning, which they call encyclical. 2. Of an ecclesiastical epistle: Circular, intended for extensive circulation. Now chiefly of letters issued by the pope. ΚΠ 1667 Bp. J. Taylor 2nd Pt. Dissuasive from Popery ii. ii. 45 Their [sc. the Greeks'] prime and most learned Prelate..did..publish an Encyclical Epistle against the definition of the Council. 1805 Bp. Horsley Speech Petit. Rom. Catholic Speeches (1813) II. 242 The apostolical vicars put forth an encyclical letter forbidding the people..to take the oath. 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 35 The encyclical letter from the Church of Jerusalem, of which St. James was the main author. B. n. An encyclical letter; see A. 2. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > papal documents > [noun] > encyclical papal briefa1500 breve1536 encyclical1837 encyclic1851 encyclica1888 1837 J. H. Newman in Brit. Critic XXII. 282 When a new Encyclical issues from Rome, etc. 1864 Sat. Rev. 3 Dec. 791 No one can read the Pope's new Encyclical without feeling, etc. 1871 J. R. Macduff Memories of Patmos v. 56 This most deeply spiritual encyclical. 1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost xiii. 376 Pius IX..in the Encyclical..condemned..the separation of Philosophy and Science from revelation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.n.1616 |
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