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Definition of Encyclical letter
1. Noun. A letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Encyclical Letter
Literary usage of Encyclical letter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1874)
"As early as the year 1788, Clement XII., in his encyclical letter in eminent i,
... Accordingly, Pius VII., of holy memory, in his encyclical letter ..."
2. New Englander and Yale Review by Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight (1886)
"In contradiction to the comments of leading American journals, it is affirmed of
the recent encyclical letter: First, that it is an illiberal document; ..."
3. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris, George Grove (1865)
"A FEW WORDS ON THE POPE'S encyclical letter BY FD MAURICE. MUCH has been said
about the impotence of the Pope's encyclical letter. ..."
4. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages by Benjamin Vincent, Joseph Haydn (1906)
"Issues an encyclical letter condemning communism, socialism, and nihilism, ...
Issues an encyclical letter, asserting thit -nt is of divine origin, ..."
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