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ec·cle·si·a

(ĭ-klē′zhē-ə, -zē-ə)

n. pl. ec·cle·si·ae (-zhē-ē′, -zē-ē′)

1. The political assembly of citizens of an ancient Greek state.

a. A church or congregation.

b. The collective body of Christian believers regarded as constituting a universal church.

[Latin ecclēsia, from Greek ekklēsiā, from ekkalein, to summon forth : ek-, out; see ecto- + kalein, klē-, to call; see kelə- in Indo-European roots.]

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ecclesia

(ɪˈkliːzɪə)

n, pl -siae (-zɪˌiː)

1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) (in formal Church usage) a congregation

2. (Historical Terms) the assembly of citizens of an ancient Greek state

[C16: from Medieval Latin, from Late Greek ekklēsia assembly, from ekklētos called, from ekkalein to call out, from kalein to call]

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ec•cle•si•a

(ɪˈkli ʒi ə, -zi ə)

n., pl. -si•ae (-ʒiˌi, -ziˌi)

1. an assembly, esp. the popular assembly of ancient Athens.

2. a congregation; church.

[1570–80; < Latin < Greek ekklēsía assembly]

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ecclésia

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