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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

English church

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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