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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.

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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

One former Fed chief, Marriner Eccles, remained at the central bank after his term as chair ended in 1948.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

Not only did Eccles not have a Ph.D. in economics, he never went to a university, but learned on the job as a successful banker and investor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

The first true commercial touring caravan, designed specifically to be towed by a car, was launched by Eccles Motor Transport in 1919.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

Braced as we are for nostalgia at every world premiere in the Eccles or every late night spent at the Library with a cup of chili, Sundance should supply plenty of newness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

“Work, my boy,” says Eccles to his future son-in-law; “there’s nothing like work—when you’re young.”

From The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama by Filon, Augustin