ecclesia

English

Etymology

From Latin ecclesia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈkli.zi.ə/

Noun

ecclesia ‎(plural ecclesiae)

1. (historical) The public legislative assembly of the Athenians.
2. (ecclesiastical) A church, either as a body or as a building.
3. (biblical) The congregation, the group of believers, symbolic body or building.

References

• ecclesia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία ‎(ekklēsía, “gathering”).

Noun

ecclesia ‎(plural ecclesias)

1. church
2. congregation

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Latin

ecclēsia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία ‎(ekklēsía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ekˈkleː.si.a/, [ɛkˈkɫeː.si.a]

Noun

ecclēsia f ‎(genitive ecclēsiae); first declension

1. church (a house of worship)

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ecclēsia	ecclēsiae
genitive	ecclēsiae	ecclēsiārum
dative	ecclēsiae	ecclēsiīs
accusative	ecclēsiam	ecclēsiās
ablative	ecclēsiā	ecclēsiīs
vocative	ecclēsia	ecclēsiae

Descendants

descendants

edit Albanian: kishë Basque: eliza Old Catalan: esglesia, sglesia, esglea, esgleia, glesa, glesia Catalan: església Corsican: chiesa, ghiesgia, jesgia Emilian: cîṡa English: ecclesia Esperanto: eklezio Fala: iglesia Franco-Provençal: églésé Old French: eglise, esglise, iglise Middle French: eglise French: église Antillean Creole: légliz Guianese Creole: légliz Haitian Creole: legliz Karipúna Creole French: legliz Louisiana Creole French: legliz Seychellois Creole: legliz Tayo: leglis Norman: éghise, êglyise, égllise Walloon: gléjhe Friulian: glesie Ido: eklezio Interlingua: ecclesia Old Irish: eclais Irish: eaglais Manx: agglish Scottish Gaelic: eaglais Istriot: cesa Italian: chiesa Ladin: dlieja, gejia Old Leonese: eglesia, iglesa Asturian: ilesia, eglesia, eigresia, eilesia, igresia, iresia, inglesia Leonese: ilesia Mirandese: eigreija Lombard: geesa Mozarabic: [script needed] ‎(ecléxia), [script needed] ‎(egléja), [script needed] ‎(eglésia) Navarro-Aragonese: iglesia Aragonese: ilesia Neapolitan: chiesia, chiesa Piedmontese: cesa, gesia Old Portuguese: ygreja, egreja, eigreja Galician: igrexa Portuguese: igreja Angolar: ngeedha Annobonese: guesa Bengali: গির্জা ‎(girja) Guinea-Bissau Creole: igreja, grisia Gujarati: ગિરજા ‎(girjā) Hindi: गिरजा ‎(girjā) Indo-Portuguese: greja Javanese: greja Kaingang: igreja Kabuverdianu: igreja, grexa Kinyarwanda: gereza Macanese: greza Kristang: greza Malay: gereja Indonesian: gereja Principense: gêêza Sãotomense: glêza Swahili: gereza ‎(“prison”) Tetum: igreja Urdu: گرجا ‎(girjā) Old Provençal: gleiza, glieza, glieyza Occitan: glèisa Romagnol: cisa Sabir: iglezia Sardinian: chegia, cheja, creia, cresia Sicilian: chiesa, cresia Old Spanish: eglesia Extremaduran: igresia Ladino: iglesia, iglezia Spanish: iglesia Chavacano: iglesya Palenquero: ilesia Papiamentu: iglesia Tagalog: iglesia Venetian: cexa, céxa, ciesa Welsh: eglwys

References

• ecclesia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ECCLESIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• ecclesia in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ecclesia in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin