Search Result for "encyclical": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world;
[syn: encyclical, encyclical letter]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. intended for wide distribution;
- Example: "an encyclical letter"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

distributed \distributed\ adj. 1. spread from a central location to multiple points or recipients. Opposite of concentrated. [Narrower terms: apportioned, dealt out, doled out, meted out, parceled out; diffuse, diffused; dispensed; dispersed, spread; divided, divided up, shared, shared out on the basis of a plan or purpose); encyclical; rationed; scattered, widespread; sparse, thin; unfocused, unfocussed] Also See: distributive. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] 2. spread among a variety of securities; -- of investments. Syn: diversified. [WordNet 1.5] Distributing to the necessity of saints. --Rom. xii. 13. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Encyclic \En*cyc"lic\, Encyclical \En*cyc"li*cal\, n. An encyclical letter, esp. one from a pope. --Shipley. Encyclopedia
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Encyclic \En*cyc"lic\, Encyclical \En*cyc"li*cal\, a. [L. encyclios of a circle, general, Gr. ?; ? in + ? circle: cf. F. encyclique. See Cycle.] Sent to many persons or places; intended for many, or for a whole order of men; general; circular; as, an encyclical letter of a council, of a bishop, or the pope. Encyclic
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

encyclical adj 1: intended for wide distribution; "an encyclical letter" n 1: a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world [syn: encyclical, encyclical letter]