en‧cyc‧li‧cal /ɪnˈsɪklɪk
əl/
noun [countable][
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Late Latin;
Origin: encyclicus, from Greek enkyklios 'circular, general', from kyklos 'circle']
a letter sent by the Pope to all Roman Catholic
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