"encyclical" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɛnˈsɪklɪkəl/
Etymology: From Late Latin encyclicus + -al, from Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios, “circular, general”), from ἐν- (en-) + κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”). Etymology templates: {{affix|en|encyclicus|-al|lang1=LL.}} Late Latin encyclicus + -al, {{der|en|grc|ἐγκύκλιος||circular, general}} Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios, “circular, general”), {{m|grc|ἐν-|}} ἐν- (en-), {{m|grc|κύκλος||circle}} κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} encyclical (not comparable)
  1. Intended for general circulation. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-encyclical-en-adj-WS802dRP

Noun

IPA: /ɛnˈsɪklɪkəl/ Forms: encyclicals [plural]
Etymology: From Late Latin encyclicus + -al, from Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios, “circular, general”), from ἐν- (en-) + κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”). Etymology templates: {{affix|en|encyclicus|-al|lang1=LL.}} Late Latin encyclicus + -al, {{der|en|grc|ἐγκύκλιος||circular, general}} Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios, “circular, general”), {{m|grc|ἐν-|}} ἐν- (en-), {{m|grc|κύκλος||circle}} κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} encyclical (plural encyclicals)
  1. A papal letter, intended for general circulation in the Catholic Church. Translations (papal letter): encyklika [feminine] (Czech), encikliko (Esperanto), ensyklika (Finnish), encyclique [feminine] (French), Enzyklika [feminine] (German), enciklika (Hungarian), ensiklik (Indonesian), imlitir ón bPápa [feminine] (Irish), enciclica [feminine] (Italian), pavelig rundskriv [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), paveleg rundskriv [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), encyklika [feminine] (Polish), encíclica [feminine] (Portuguese), enciclică [feminine] (Romanian), энци́клика (encíklika) [feminine] (Russian), encíclica [feminine] (Spanish), encyklika [common-gender] (Swedish), енци́кліка (encýklika) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-encyclical-en-noun-QIk6uNVi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -al Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 16 84

Inflected forms

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