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Webster 1913 Edition

Ecclesia

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Ec-cle′si-a

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Ecclesiæ

.

[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK].]

1.

(Gr. Antiq.)

The public legislative assembly of the Athenians.

2.

(Eccl.)

A church, either as a body or as a building.