adj
Meaning 1
Intended for general circulation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
encyclical
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɛnˈsɪklɪkəl/
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noun
Meaning 2
A papal letter, intended for general circulation in the Catholic Church.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: encyclical letter
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
intended for wide distribution
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an encyclical letter
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: encyclical letter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: letter, missive
History
Etymology
From Late Latin encyclicus + -al, from Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios, “circular, general”), from ἐν- (en-) + κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”).
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: encyklika — papal letter
- Esperanto: encikliko — papal letter
- Finnish: ensyklika — papal letter
- French: encyclique — papal letter
- German: Enzyklika — papal letter
- Hungarian: enciklika — papal letter
- Indonesian: ensiklik — papal letter
- Irish: imlitir ón bPápa — papal letter
- Italian: enciclica — papal letter
- Norwegian Bokmål: pavelig rundskriv — papal letter
- Norwegian Nynorsk: paveleg rundskriv — papal letter
- Polish: encyklika — papal letter
- Portuguese: encíclica — papal letter
- Romanian: enciclică — papal letter
- Russian: энци́клика (encíklika) — papal letter
- Spanish: encíclica — papal letter
- Swedish: encyklika — papal letter
- Ukrainian: енци́кліка (encýklika) — papal letter
- Vietnamese: thông điệp — papal letter
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