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  Eccles

  noun

  Sir John Carew 1903–97, Australian physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1963.
• eccles.
  eccles.

  abbreviation

  ecclesiastic.
• Eccles.
  Eccles.

  abbreviation

  Ecclesiastes.

Eccles

¹ American  

[ek-uhlz] / ˈɛk əlz /

noun

1. Sir John Carew 1903–97, Australian physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1963.

2. Marriner Stoddard 1890–1977, U.S. economist and banker.

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eccles. ² American  

Or eccl.

abbreviation

1. ecclesiastic.

2. ecclesiastical.

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Eccles. ³ American  

Or Eccl.

abbreviation

Bible.

1. Ecclesiastes.

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Eccles ¹ British  

/ ˈɛkəlz /

noun

1. a town in NW England, in Salford unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 36 610 (2001)

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Eccles ² British  

/ ˈɛkəlz /

noun

1. Sir John Carew. 1903–97, Australian physiologist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology (1963) with A. L. Hodgkin and A. F. Huxley for their work on conduction of nervous impulses

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Eccles. ³ British  

abbreviation

1. Ecclesiastes

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Actor Will Mellor has come a surprise second in the World Gurning Championships, pipped to the main prize by local man Ged Eccles who had come close but never before won.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

There are ways to treat HSD, Dr Eccles says, but no "single magic bullet".

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

Not since 2008 have trading desks had to make decisions on bond deals without reference to a cheat-sheet from the Eccles Building.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Former Fed Chair Marriner Eccles stayed on the Fed board for three years after being demoted by President Harry Truman in 1948.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026

In 1894 he consulted the late Dr. Eccles, and by means of the rest-cure, then something of a novelty, his weight increased from 9 stone to 9 stone 11 pounds. 

From Rustic Sounds and Other Studies in Literature and Natural History by Sir Francis Darwin

Spenser. dim. diminutive. opp. opposed. subj. subjunctive. dub. doubtful. opt. optics. suff. suffix. eccles. ecclesiastical history. orig. originally. superl. superlative. e.g. for example. ornith. ornithology. surg. surgery. elect. electricity.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Fellow taxi driver Stuart Ryan said of Mr Henning, also known as Gadget: "He's the greatest man you'd ever meet. Gadget is the taxi driver of Eccles. Everybody knows him."

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2014

I have seen folly set in great dignity, and princes walking on foot, Eccles. x.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

As we find in the Scriptures, man once righteous and blessed, Eccles. vii.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

Koheleth, kō-hel′eth, n. the Preacher, supposed to be applied to Solomon in Eccles. i.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Now this morning, when again in much need, I received a note, which contained 5l. with Eccles. ix.

From A Narrative of some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, Third Part by George Müller

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