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noun
The public legislative assembly of the Athenians.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
A church, either as a body or as a building.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ecclesiastical, lifestyle, religion
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noun
The congregation, the group of believers, symbolic body or building.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
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History
Learned borrowing from Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía). Doublet of Eccles.
