ecclesia
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Contents
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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 (ekklēsia, “gathering”).
Noun[edit]
ecclesia (plural ecclesias)
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsia).
Noun[edit]
ecclēsia f (genitive ecclēsiae); 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 |
