ecclesia

American  

[ih-klee-zhee-uh, -zee-uh] / ɪˈkli ʒi ə, -zi ə /

noun

plural

ecclesiae

1. an assembly, especially the popular assembly of ancient Athens.

2. a congregation; church.

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ecclesia British  

/ ɪˈkliːzɪə /

noun

1. (in formal Church usage) a congregation

2. the assembly of citizens of an ancient Greek state

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Etymology

Origin of ecclesia

1570–80; < Latin < Greek ekklēsía assembly, equivalent to ékklēt ( os ) summoned ( ek- ec- + klē-, variant of kal-, stem of kaleîn to call, + -tos past participle suffix) + -ia -ia

Example Sentences

In qualibet ecclesia nominandum esse patronum seu titularem proprium ejusdem ecclesiae.

From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, November 1864 by

The reference to affranchisement in ecclesia shows that it was composed at a period subsequent to the conversion of the Alamanni to Christianity.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various

As being the one important church, it was also known as ecclesia major.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

Primatus Petro dafur, ut una Christi ecclesia et cathedra una monstretur.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.

But while Wolsey,—that “butcher’s dogge,” as some jealous contemporary called him,—rendered much service to the Church, Cromwell, like his namesake, had a genius for destruction, and became a veritable malleus ecclesia.

From The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries To-Day and in Days of Old by Harper, Charles G. (Charles George)