ecclesia

n. public legislative assembly of ancient Athens; church; congregation, regular members of a religious group

Ecclesia (lat) is a term derived from the Greek root ekklesia [εκκλησία], which literally means a "gathering" of citizens, in an ancient Greek city-state, or a "called out assembly"; usually defined as "gathering of the called out ones" or “gathering of those summoned”. Theologically it has been equated from the New Testament passages, originally written in Greek language, as the Church (though the origin of the term "Church" is the Greek root kyriakon [from kyriake, kyriakos; kyrios; kyros]) and also as the Body of Christ, a view which reflects a deeper Spiritual and invisible dimension into the use of the term Ecclesia.
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n. ecclesia, the political assembly of citizens of an ancient Greek state

(n.)
The public legislative assembly of the Athenians.
  

(n.)
A church, either as a body or as a building.
  

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church; assembly| meeting of the assembly (Greek); (Universal) Church (Dif)