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Definition of Encyclical
1. Noun. A letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world.
2. Adjective. Intended for wide distribution. "An encyclical letter"
Definition of Encyclical
1. Noun. A papal letter delivered to Bishops in the Roman Catholic Church. ¹
2. Adjective. Intended for general circulation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Encyclical
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Encyclical
Literary usage of Encyclical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1908)
"After the appearance of the encyclical "Rerum ... In the end the word democracy
won; and Leo XIII in the encyclical "Graves de commun ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1874)
"As early as the year 1788, Clement XII., in his encyclical Letter in eminent i,
... Accordingly, Pius VII., of holy memory, in his encyclical Letter ..."
3. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1886)
"In contradiction to the comments of leading American journals, it is affirmed of
the recent encyclical letter: First, that it is an illiberal document; ..."
4. Church History by Johann Heinrich Kurtz (1890)
"But the pope took the most decided and successful step by the encyclical Quod
... By this encyclical the pope had completely broken up the union between the ..."
5. Catholic Church and Christian State: A Series of Essays on the Relation of by Joseph Hergenröther (1876)
"THE Syllabus published with the encyclical of December 8, 1864, ... The propositions
are all in effect contained in the encyclical 'Mirari vos'i of Gregory ..."
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