ensiklik

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch encycliek (“encyclical”), from Latin encyclicus (“circular, encyclical”), from Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios, “circular, general”), from ἐν- (en-) + κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ensiklik/
  • Hyphenation: én‧sik‧lik

Noun

énsiklik (first-person possessive ensiklikku, second-person possessive ensiklikmu, third-person possessive ensikliknya)

  1. (Catholicism) encyclical, a papal letter delivered to bishops in the Roman Catholic Church.
    Synonyms: sirkuler, surat edaran

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