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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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Dr Jessica Eccles, a researcher on brain-body interactions and hypermobility, says diagnosis can be a "postcode lottery in terms of where you are and what opportunities are available to you for assessment".

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

Fellow fan Gracie Eccles, 22, tells Newsbeat that hearing that the band are not hanging up their guitars is "music to my ears" following speculation online the new song could be their last hurrah.

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026

Eccles, a town of England, in Lancashire, 4 miles from Manchester, of which it may be considered a suburb.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

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

Then consider, what a beautiful rectitude and uprightness, what a comely order and subordination would ensue upon this light, and make his will and affections wonderfully good “God made man upright,” Eccles. vii.

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

By all these things, a man neither knows love nor hatred, as Solomon speaks of external enjoyments, Eccles. ix.

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

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 John Bunyan

In the evening was still further given to me with Eccles. ix.

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