ekkereziya

Luganda

Alternative forms

• ekereziya
• ekleziya
• eklezia

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin ecclēsia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ekːelezíja/

Noun

ekkereziya (class III, plural ekkereziya, base state kkereziya, plural base state kkereziya) or ekkereziya (class III, plural ekkereziya, base state only)

1. a church, especially a Roman Catholic church

   Coordinate term: ekkanisa (“(Protestant) church”)

References

• Snoxall, R. A. (1967) Luganda-English Dictionary - with an Introduction on the Tonal System, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 149
• Murphy, John D. (1972) Luganda-English Dictionary, United States: The Catholic University of America Press, →ISBN, page 225