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.
雙語例句
1. The pope must speak ex cathedra for an encyclical to be infallible.
教皇必須權威地指出教諭是沒有錯誤的.
來自互聯(lián)網
2. Encyclical funeral oration after carved stone, still stand today east streams Jiang Ancestral Hall Lane.