ENCYCLICAL
\ɛnsˈɪklɪkə͡l], \ɛnsˈɪklɪkəl], \ɛ_n_s_ˈɪ_k_l_ɪ_k_əl]\
Definitions of ENCYCLICAL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
- 1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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intended for wide distribution; "an encyclical letter"
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a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world
By Princeton University
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intended for wide distribution; "an encyclical letter"
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a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Sent to many persons or places; intended for many, or for a whole order of men; general; circular; as, an encyclical letter of a council, of a bishop, or the pope.
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An encyclical letter, esp. one from a pope.
By Oddity Software
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Sent to many persons or places; intended for many, or for a whole order of men; general; circular; as, an encyclical letter of a council, of a bishop, or the pope.
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An encyclical letter, esp. one from a pope.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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en-sik'lik-al, adj. sent round to many persons or places.--n. a letter addressed by the pope to all his bishops condemning current errors or advising the Christian people how to act in regard to great public questions.--Also ENCYC'LIC. [Gr. engkyklios--en, in, kyklos, a circle.]
By Thomas Davidson
By Henry Percy Smith
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