Definition of Encyclicals

1. Noun. (plural of encyclical) ¹

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Definition of Encyclicals

1. encyclical [n] - See also: encyclical

Lexicographical Neighbors of Encyclicals

encumbrancers
encumbrances
encumbrous
encur
encurtain
encurtained
encurtaining
encurtains
encyclic
encyclical
encyclical letter
encyclicals (current term)
encyclics
encyclopaedia
encyclopaediac
encyclopaediacal
encyclopaediae
encyclopaedial
encyclopaedian
encyclopaedias
encyclopaedic
encyclopaedical
encyclopaedicity
encyclopaedism
encyclopaedist
encyclopaedists

Literary usage of Encyclicals

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Labor Problem and the Social Catholic Movement in France: A Study in the by Parker Thomas Moon (1921)
"Count Albert de Mun's acceptance of the two encyclicals was prompt and enthusiastic. In speeches at Grenoble (May 23, 1892) and Lille (June 6, ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The letters in question are: first, Apostolic Letters, in which the pope himself speaks, Bulls, Briefs, encyclicals, etc.; second, the Acts of the Holy See ..."

3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"... reader of his great encyclicals. The attitude of his illustrious successor is the same. In the minds of many non-Catholic Americans there exists a ..."

4. Pope Leo XIII, His Life and Work by Julien de Narfon (1899)
"I refer to the encyclicals, those declarations of the Sovereign Pontiffs masterly doctrine, in which he adheres with the perseverance of genius to the ..."

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