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Meaning of ecclesia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
[ɛkˈkɫeː.si.a]

Definitions

  1. church (a house of worship)
    declension-1
  2. assembly (of free male citizens of Greek cities)
    declension-1

Equivalents

Ελληνικά εκκλησία
English Assembly church ecclesia
Français ecclésia
Italiano ecclesia
Nederlands ecclesia
Polski eklezja

Examples

“Et ego dico tibi, quia tu es Petrus, et super hanc petram aedificabo ecclesiam meam, et portae inferi non praevalebunt adversus eam.”

And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

ecclesiae ecclesiam ecclesiarum ecclesias ecclesiis ecclesiola

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