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Eccles

[ ek-uhlz ]
/ ˈɛk əlz /
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noun
Sir John Ca·rew [kuh-roo], /kəˈru/, 1903–97, Australian physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1963.
Mar·ri·ner Stod·dard [mar-uh-ner stod-erd], /ˈmær ə nər ˈstɒd ərd/, 1890–1977, U.S. economist and banker.
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Other definitions for Eccles (2 of 3)

eccles.

or eccl.


abbreviation
ecclesiastic.
ecclesiastical.

Other definitions for Eccles (3 of 3)

Eccles.

or Eccl.


abbreviation Bible.
Ecclesiastes.
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British Dictionary definitions for Eccles (1 of 3)

Eccles1
/ (ˈɛkəlz) /

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

British Dictionary definitions for Eccles (2 of 3)

Eccles2
/ (ˈɛkəlz) /

noun
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

British Dictionary definitions for Eccles (3 of 3)

Eccles.

Eccl.

/ Bible /

abbreviation for
Ecclesiastes
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