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  • Eccles
    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.


eccles. 2 American  
Or eccl.

abbreviation

  1. ecclesiastic.

  2. ecclesiastical.


Eccles. 3 American  
Or Eccl.

abbreviation

Bible.
  1. Ecclesiastes.


Eccles 1 British  
/ ˈɛkəlz /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Eccles. 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. Ecclesiastes

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

For example, the Washington headquarters of the Fed are named after Marriner Eccles, who was Fed chairman for 14 years, 1934-1948.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 8, 2026

“Pickpocket” also happened to be the last narrative feature to premiere at the Eccles Theater.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 30, 2026

No former chair has stayed on as a governor since Marriner Eccles, who served from 1934 until 1948 and remained on the board at President Harry Truman’s request after the president chose a new chair.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 29, 2026

The information about Syon and the Minoresses is taken from Valor Eccles.

From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen

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

Yesterday came in from Cheltenham 5s.; with Eccles. ix.

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

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

So again, "God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil," Eccles. xi.

From The Pharisee and Publican by Bunyan, John

Last evening 5l. came in with Eccles. ix.

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

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