ensiklik

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch encycliek (“encyclical”), from Latin encyclicus (“circular, encyclical”), from Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios, “circular, general”), from ἐν- (en-) + κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ensiklik/
• Hyphenation: én‧sik‧lik

Noun

énsiklik (first-person possessive ensiklikku, second-person possessive ensiklikmu, third-person possessive ensikliknya)

1. (Catholicism) encyclical, a papal letter delivered to bishops in the Roman Catholic Church.

   Synonyms: sirkuler, surat edaran

Related terms

• surat edaran

 

Further reading

• “ensiklik” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.