- ENCYCLICAL LETTER
- a letter addressed by the Pope to the bishops of the Church, condemnatory of prevailing errors or counselling them how to act in connection with public questions of the day.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
ENCYCLICAL LETTER
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encyclical — (adj.) in reference to a letter sent by the Pope to all the bishops, 1640s, from L.L. encyclicus, from L. encyclius, from Gk. enkyklios in a circle, circular (see ENCYCLOPEDIA (Cf. encyclopedia)). As a noun, from 1837 … Etymology dictionary
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