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Definition of Encyclic
1. a. Sent to many persons or places; intended for many, or for a whole order of men; general; circular; as, an encyclical letter of a council, of a bishop, or the pope.
2. n. An encyclical letter, esp. one from a pope.
Definition of Encyclic
1. Noun. An encyclical; a papal letter. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Encyclic
1. a letter addressed by the pope to the bishops of the world [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Encyclic
Literary usage of Encyclic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries Upon International Law by Robert Phillimore, Reginald James Mure (1882)
"CCCXXXVII A. The questions arising out of the Papal encyclic Quanta Cura, and
its appendix, ... This work includes the encyclic and Syllabus of December 8, ..."
2. The English Review (1848)
"encyclic of our Most Holy Father, Pope Pius IX., addressed to all Patriarchs,
Primates, Archbishops, and Bishops. Given at Santa Maria Maggiore, ..."
3. The Story of the Life of Pius the Ninth by Thomas Adolphus Trollope (1877)
"QUESTION WHETHER THE CHURCH INJURED HER OWN INTERESTS BY THE PUBLICATION OF THE
encyclic AND THE SYLLABUS. INASMUCH as the support and comfort which a trust ..."
4. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule (1891)
"encyclic, la. Circular, addressed to the cir- 2. ... encyclic, j я. Circular
letter (especially of tke Encyclopaedia, n. Cyclopaedia. Encyclopedia!!, a. ..."
5. Diary in France: Mainly on Topics Concerning Education and the Church by Christopher Wordsworth (1845)
"... encyclic) l'Eglise a été fondée, n'est plus dans l'Egl'se.' " Note to p. 86.
The condemnation to which my Annotator refers was a very important act, ..."
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