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encyclical
noun
[ ɛnˈsɪklɪk(ə)l ]
• a papal letter sent to all bishops of the Roman Catholic Church.
Origin:
mid 17th century (as an adjective): via late Latin from Greek enkuklios ‘circular, general’, from en- ‘in’ + kuklos ‘a circle’.
