ecclesia
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin ecclesia
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ɪˈkli.zi.ə/
Noun [edit]
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.
References [edit]
- ecclesia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Interlingua [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (“gathering”).
Noun [edit]
ecclesia (plural ecclesias)
Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία
Noun [edit]
ecclēsia (genitive ecclēsiae); f, first declension
- church (a house of worship)
Inflection [edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ecclēsia | ecclēsiae |
| genitive | ecclēsiae | ecclēsiārum |
| dative | ecclēsiae | ecclēsiīs |
| accusative | ecclēsiam | ecclēsiās |
| ablative | ecclēsiā | ecclēsiīs |
| vocative | ecclēsia | ecclēsiae |
