ecclesia
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin ecclesia
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪˈkli.zi.ə/
[edit] Noun
ecclesia (plural ecclesiae)
- (historiography) The public legislative assembly of the Athenians.
- (ecclesiastical) A church, either as a body or as a building.
- (biblical) The congregation, the group of believers, symbolic body or building.
[edit] References
- ecclesia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
[edit] Interlingua
[edit] Noun
ecclesia (plural ecclesias)
[edit] Latin
[edit] Etymology
Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία
[edit] Noun
ecclēsia (genitive ecclēsiae); f, first declension
- church (a house of worship)
[edit] Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ecclēsia | ecclēsiae |
| genitive | ecclēsiae | ecclēsiārum |
| dative | ecclēsiae | ecclēsiīs |
| accusative | ecclēsiam | ecclēsiās |
| ablative | ecclēsiā | ecclēsiīs |
| vocative | ecclēsia | ecclēsiae |
