单词 | ecclesia |
释义 | ecclesia[ ih-klee-zhee-uh, -zee-uh ] / ɪˈkli ʒi ə, -zi ə / noun, plural ec·cle·si·ae [ih-klee-zhee-ee, -zee-ee]. /ɪˈkli ʒiˌi, -ziˌi/.an assembly, especially the popular assembly of ancient Athens. a congregation; church. Origin of ecclesia1570–80; <Latin <Greek ekklēsía assembly, equivalent to ékklēt(os) summoned (ek-ec- + klē-, variant of kal-, stem of kaleîn to call, + -tos past participle suffix) + -ia-ia Words nearby ecclesiaecchymosis, ecchymotic mask, eccl., Eccles, Eccles cake, ecclesia, ecclesial, ecclesiarch, Ecclesiastes, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for ecclesiaecclesia / (ɪˈkliːzɪə) / noun plural -siae (-zɪˌiː)(in formal Church usage) a congregation the assembly of citizens of an ancient Greek state Word Origin for ecclesiaC16: from Medieval Latin, from Late Greek ekklēsia assembly, from ekklētos called, from ekkalein to call out, from kalein to call Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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