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Topic: CHRISTIANITY

Date: 1600-1700
Language: Late Latin
Origin: encyclicus, from Greek enkyklios 'circular, general', from kyklos 'circle'

encyclical

 noun
     
en‧cyc‧li‧cal [countable]
RRC a letter sent by the Pope to all Roman Catholic bishops
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