| 单词 |
encyclical |
| 释义 |
encyclical, a. and n.|ɛnˈsaɪklɪkəl|
[f. late L. encyclicus (see encyclic) + -al1.]
A. adj.
1. Antiq. Used as transl. of Gr. ἐγκύκλιος (παιδεία), i.e. general (education); cf. encyclopædia 1.
1616–61B. Holyday Persius 301 The learning, which they call encyclical.
2. Of an ecclesiastical epistle: Circular, intended for extensive circulation. Now chiefly of letters issued by the pope.
1647Jer. Taylor Dissuas. Popery ii. ii. §2 Wks. (1822) XI. 85 Their [the Greeks'] prime and most learned prelate..did..publish an encyclical epistle against the definition of the council. 1805Bp. Horsley Sp. Petit. Rom. Cath. Speeches (1813) II. 242, The apostolical vicars put forth an encyclical letter forbidding the people..to take the oath. 1882Farrar Early Chr. II. 35 The encyclical letter from the Church of Jerusalem, of which St. James was the main author.
B. n. An encyclical letter; see A. 2.
1837J. H. Newman in British Critic XXII. 282 When a new Encyclical issues from Rome, etc. 1864Sat. Rev. 3 Dec. 791 No one can read the Pope's new Encyclical without feeling, etc. 1871Macduff Mem. Patmos v. 56 This most deeply spiritual encyclical. 1875Manning Mission H. Ghost xiii. 376 Pius IX..in the Encyclical..condemned..the separation of Philosophy and Science from revelation. |
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