ecclesia
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía). Doublet of Eccles.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ecclesia (plural ecclesiae)
- (historical) 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.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “ecclesia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Interlingua
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “gathering”).
Noun
[edit]ecclesia (plural ecclesias)
Latin
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ekˈkleː.si.a/, [ɛkˈkɫ̪eːs̠iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ekˈkle.si.a/, [ekˈklɛːs̬iä]
Noun
[edit]ecclēsia f (genitive ecclēsiae); first declension
- church (a house of worship)
- (original sense) assembly (of free male citizens of Greek cities)
- ecclesia
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ecclēsia | ecclēsiae |
Genitive | ecclēsiae | ecclēsiārum |
Dative | ecclēsiae | ecclēsiīs |
Accusative | ecclēsiam | ecclēsiās |
Ablative | ecclēsiā | ecclēsiīs |
Vocative | ecclēsia | ecclēsiae |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Italo-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Ancient borrowings:
- Later borrowings:
References
[edit]- “ecclesia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ecclesia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “ecclesia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ecclesia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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