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- Ancient Greek · derived fromἐγκύκλιος“circular, general”
- English todayencyclical
From Late Latin encyclicus + -al, from Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios, “circular, general”), from ἐν- (en-) + κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”).
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