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|lshtext=<b>ecclēsĭa</b>: (ēcclĕsĭa, Sedul. 5, 358; Venant. Carm. 3, 6, 24; and ĕclĕsĭa, Paul. Nol. Carm. 15, 117; 28, 32), ae, f., = [[ἐκκλησία]],<br /><b>I</b> an [[assembly]] of the (Greek) [[people]].<br /><b>I</b> Prop.: et [[ecclesia]] consentiente, [[senate]] and [[people]], in the [[free]] cities of [[Greece]]: [[bule]] et [[ecclesia]], Plin. et Traj. Ep. 111, 1. —<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In eccl. Lat.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[religious]] [[assembly]] of Christians, a Christian [[congregation]], a [[church]] (eccl. Lat.; [[very]] freq.): [[die]] ecclesiae, etc., Vulg. Matt. 18, 17; id. Philem. 2; Aug. Ep. 190, 5, 19.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Church, the [[whole]] [[body]] of believers: [[Christus]] dilexit ecclesiam, Vulg. Eph. 5, 25: Dei, id. Phil. 3, 6; Aug. Serm. 137, 6; so, in coelo, Vulg. Heb. 12, 23.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A Christian [[place]] of [[assembly]], a [[church]]: ut nomine ecclesiae, id est populi qui continetur, significamus locum qui continet, Aug. Ep. 190, 5, 19; cf. also Amm. 21, 2 fin.; id. 28, 6 fin. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> An [[assembly]], a [[meeting]] in gen., Aus. Ep. 24, 93.
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