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eglesia

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Old Leonese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía).

Noun

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eglesia

  1. church
    • 1017, Fuero de León
      que fueren daqui adelantre quelos pleitos dela yglesia que seam iulgados primeramientre
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    • 1245, document from Sahagún[1]
      Ena eglesia I archa e I acetro pora seruir la eglisa,
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    • 1275, Piece of a testament[1]:
      e compannero de la yglesia de Oviedo.
      and friend of the church of Oviedo

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References

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  1. ^ Staaff, Erik (1907) Étude sur L’Ancien Dialecte Léonais d’après des Chartes du XIIIe Siècle, Heidelberg, page 35

Old Spanish

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Etymology

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From Late Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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eglesia f (plural eglesias)

  1. (Christianity) church
    • c. 1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 78v. col. 2.
      Vn poco adelant apar de orient. es elaltar de ſanta trinjdat o la uera .☩. ſolie eſtar. todo es enla egleſia. dentro en el ſepulcro
      A little toward the east is the altar of the Holy Trinity, where the True Cross used to be. Everything is in the church, inside the sepulcher.

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