Usually means: Papal letter addressing doctrinal issues.
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  1. encyclical: Merriam-Webster
  2. encyclical: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. encyclical: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. encyclical: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Encyclical, encyclical: Wordnik
  6. encyclical: Wiktionary
  7. encyclical: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. encyclical: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. encyclical: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. encyclical: Dictionary.com
  11. encyclical: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Encyclical: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Encyclical: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. encyclical: Rhymezone
  15. Encyclical: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. encyclical: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. encyclical: FreeDictionary.org
  18. encyclical: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. encyclical: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. encyclical: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. encyclical: Vocabulary.com
  22. encyclical: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. encyclical: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. encyclical: Encyclopedia

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Encyclical: Catholic Encyclopedia

(Note: See encyclicals as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A papal letter, intended for general circulation in the Catholic Church.
adjective:  Intended for general circulation.

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