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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Encyclic

· En·cyc·lic · IPA
01 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, o…
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    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.
02 n. An encyclical letter, esp. one from a pope.
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    An encyclical letter, esp. one from a pope.