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单词 encyclical
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Definition of encyclical in English:

encyclical

noun ɛnˈsʌɪk(ə)lɪnˈsɪklɪk(ə)lɛnˈsɪklɪk(ə)lɪnˈsʌɪk(ə)l
  • A papal letter sent to all bishops of the Roman Catholic Church.

    教皇通谕

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Leo XIII wrote some eleven encyclicals on the rosary and decided that October would be dedicated to it.
    • In March 1937, a papal encyclical had condemned the persecution of the Catholic Church in Germany.
    • His answer to problems seems to be to write more encyclicals - encyclicals to which people pay lip service but which they then promptly ignore.
    • Still, he relies exclusively on the magisterial expressions found in the new catechism and in papal encyclicals.
    • Similarly, he discusses two papal encyclicals that express views of marriage different from those that had prevailed earlier.
    • Leo wrote some eighty-five encyclicals, most of them fairly brief.
    • The Pope issued 13 encyclicals, including three on socio-economic questions, and wrote several best-selling books.
    • I don't read the papal encyclical on human life that way myself.
    • At that time, English Catholic school children studied the papal encyclicals Rerum novarum and Quadragesimo anno.
    • For the next hundred years, scholars, theologians, and students will be pouring over the papal encyclicals that have come out of the Vatican.

Origin

Mid 17th century (as an adjective): via late Latin from Greek enkuklios 'circular, general', from en- 'in' + kuklos 'a circle'.

Definition of encyclical in US English:

encyclical

noun
  • A papal letter sent to all bishops of the Roman Catholic Church.

    教皇通谕

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Leo XIII wrote some eleven encyclicals on the rosary and decided that October would be dedicated to it.
    • In March 1937, a papal encyclical had condemned the persecution of the Catholic Church in Germany.
    • Similarly, he discusses two papal encyclicals that express views of marriage different from those that had prevailed earlier.
    • The Pope issued 13 encyclicals, including three on socio-economic questions, and wrote several best-selling books.
    • Leo wrote some eighty-five encyclicals, most of them fairly brief.
    • His answer to problems seems to be to write more encyclicals - encyclicals to which people pay lip service but which they then promptly ignore.
    • For the next hundred years, scholars, theologians, and students will be pouring over the papal encyclicals that have come out of the Vatican.
    • At that time, English Catholic school children studied the papal encyclicals Rerum novarum and Quadragesimo anno.
    • Still, he relies exclusively on the magisterial expressions found in the new catechism and in papal encyclicals.
    • I don't read the papal encyclical on human life that way myself.

Origin

Mid 17th century (as an adjective): via late Latin from Greek enkuklios ‘circular, general’, from en- ‘in’ + kuklos ‘a circle’.

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