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eglise
eglise
Middle French
Noun
eglise f (plural eglises)
Descendants
descendants
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *eclesia, from Ecclesiastical Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “gathering”).
Noun
eglise f (oblique plural eglises, nominative singular eglise, nominative plural eglises)
- church (building dedicated to religious practice; usually Christian)
Descendants
descendants
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (eglise, supplement)