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encyclic, a. and n.|ɛnˈsaɪklɪk|
[ad. late L. encyclicus, an altered form (with substitution of suffix) of encyclius, a. Gr. ἐγκύκλιος of same meaning, f. ἐν in + κύκλ-ος circle.]
A. adj.
1. = encyclical A. 1, 2.
1824Hist. Europe in Ann. Reg. 195/2 His recovery was followed by the promulgation of an Encyclic letter. 1866Felton Anc. & Mod. Gr. I. ix. 438 The encyclic, or liberal education at this period, embraced seven departments.
2. nonce-use. Encircling.
1850Mrs. Browning Vis. Poets I. 202 Dropping from Heaven's encyclic rim.
B. n. = encyclical B.
1851‘L. Mariotti’ Italy in 1848 iv. 251 The Papal encyclic of the 19th April, entered into no man's views. 1864Q. Rev. July 127 The terms of the Encyclic imply a separation between liberty and Roman Catholicism. |