Encyclic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Encyclic \En*cyc"lic\, Encyclical \En*cyc"li*cal\, n.
     An encyclical letter, esp. one from a pope. --Shipley.
     Encyclopedia