Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ecclesia"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ecclesia \Ec*cle"si*a\, n.; pl. {Ecclesi[ae]}. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]
1. (Gr. Antiq.) The public legislative assembly of the
Athenians.
2. (Eccl.) A church, either as a body or as a building.
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