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- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἐκκλησίᾱ
- English todayAssemblies of God
From Greek, with Ancient Greek ἐκκλησίᾱ (ekklēsíā) translated as "assembly" (in the sense of "congregation") instead of "church".
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A Christian Pentecostal denomination made up of a number of autonomous groupings of churches in various countries. Full definition →
From Greek, with Ancient Greek ἐκκλησίᾱ (ekklēsíā) translated as "assembly" (in the sense of "congregation") instead of "church".
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.