encyclical

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A papal letter, intended for general circulation in the Catholic Church.
    — In his encyclical – the first major text on safeguarding humankind of his papacy – he also apologised for the Catholic church’s long delay in condemning slavery, describing it as “a wound in Christian memory”, and spoke of the “new forms of slavery” due to the digital economy.
形容词 adj.
  1. Intended for general circulation. not-comparable

词形变化

encyclicals plural

词源

词源 1
From Late Latin encyclicus + -al, from Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios, “circular, general”), from ἐν- (en-) + κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”).
词源 2
From Late Latin encyclicus + -al, from Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios, “circular, general”), from ἐν- (en-) + κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”).
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