ecclesia noun.
[ɪ'kli:zjǝ] L16.[ecclesiastical Latin from Greek ekklēsia assembly, (eccl.) church, from ekklētos pa. ppl adjective of ekkalein, from ek- EX-2 + kalein call, summon.]Hist. A regularly convoked assembly;
esp. the general assembly of Athenian citizens. Also, later, the Christian Church.
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