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ecclesia

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ec⋅cle⋅si⋅a

  [i-klee-zhee-uh, -zee-uh]
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–noun, plural -si⋅ae  [-zhee-ee, -zee-ee] .
1. an assembly, esp. the popular assembly of ancient Athens.
2. a congregation; church.
Origin:
1570–80; < L < Gk ekklēsía assembly, equiv. to ékklēt(os) summoned (ek- ec- + klē-, var. of kal-, s. of kaleîn to call, + -tos ptp. suffix) + -ia -ia
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ec·cle·si·a   (ĭ-klē'zhē-ə, -zē-ə)   
n.   pl. ec·cle·si·ae (-zhē-ē', -zē-ē')

  1. The political assembly of citizens of an ancient Greek state.

  2. A church or congregation.


[Latin ecclēsia, from Greek ekklēsiā, from ekkalein, to summon forth : ek-, out; see ecto- + kalein, klē-, to call; see kelə-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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