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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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Example Sentences

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

The lone exception is Marriner Eccles, the Fed chair from 1934 to 1948.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 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

“This movie is about the end of an era — and this is the end of an era,” she said, gesturing toward the Eccles audience.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026

Louise very grave and critical; she only laughed once, and that was when Eccles blew rather loudly down his pipe to clear it.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93., October 1, 1887 by Various