in reference to ecclesiastical letters meant for wide circulation (for example, a letter sent by a pope to all bishops), 1640s, from Late Latin encyclicus, from Latin encyclius, from Greek enkyklios "in a circle, circular" (see encyclopedia). As a noun, from 1837.
实用例句
1. The pope must speak ex cathedra for an encyclical to be infallible.
教皇必须权威地指出教谕是没有错误的.
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2. Encyclical funeral oration after carved stone, still stand today east streams Jiang Ancestral Hall Lane.
