Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Encyclical"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Encyclic \En*cyc"lic\, Encyclical \En*cyc"li*cal\, n.
An encyclical letter, esp. one from a pope. --Shipley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Encyclic \En*cyc"lic\, Encyclical \En*cyc"li*cal\, a. [L.
encyclios of a circle, general, Gr. ?; ? in + ? circle: cf.
F. encyclique. See {Cycle}.]
Sent to many persons or places; intended for many, or for a
whole order of men; general; circular; as, an encyclical
letter of a council, of a bishop, or the pope.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
encyclical
adj : intended for wide distribution; "an encyclical letter"
n : a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops
throughout the world [syn: {encyclical letter}]
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