Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The political assembly of citizens of an ancient Greek state.
- noun A church or congregation.
- noun The collective body of Christian believers regarded as constituting a universal church.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An assembly; the great assembly of the people in certain ancient Greek states, as Athens, at which every free citizen had a right to vote.
- noun A society for Christian worship; a church; a congregation: the Greek and Latin name, sometimes used in English writing with reference to the early church.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Gr. Antiq.) The public legislative assembly of the Athenians.
- noun (Eccl.) A church, either as a body or as a building.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun historiography The public legislative
assembly of the Athenians. - noun ecclesiastical A
church , either as abody or as abuilding . - noun biblical The
congregation , the group of believers, symbolic body or building.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The term ecclesia (ekklesia) here employed is the Greek rendering of the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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Hore canonice omnes in ecclesia tractim et distincte taliter dicantur ....
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
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The word ecclesia stands for both an assembly and a church.
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Note 72: Malmesbury, Canal, 137: "Qui cum ludibunda dulcedine ubi fuisset exquirerent, ille puerili innocentia nihil occulendum arbitratus, — quid enim illa aetas deliquisse putaret? — in ecclesia se fuisse et azimum panem … asseruit."
A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005
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Indeed, the phrase ecclesia semper reformanda, is something that applies not just to one portion of the church.
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It borrowed the designation ecclesia from the old popular assembly, and liturgy from the services required by law of the richer citizens in the popular festivities.
Mosaics of Grecian History Marcius Willson
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We find the word ecclesia used in the following senses in the
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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In the New Testament it is the translation of the Greek word ecclesia, which is synonymous with the Hebrew kahal of the Old
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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“Church” is the Greek word ecclesia and the Hebrew word Q’hal, which means a sacred assembly—God’s people gathered together to be his own.
God's harvest in our church Fr Timothy Matkin 2006
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“Church” is the Greek word ecclesia and the Hebrew word Q’hal, which means a sacred assembly—God’s people gathered together to be his own.
Archive 2006-10-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2006
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