Ecclesia, æ, f. g. An assemble: a congregation: a church.Ecclesia stes, æ, m. g. A preacher.Eccum. Vide ECCE. Ecdici sunt quos Iurisconsulti defensores appellant, qui in municipijs Tribunorum plebis instar erant, & plebem ab iniuria optimatiÛ tuebantur. C. Ecdicus, pe. cor. verti potest, Defensor, Vltor, Vindex, Syndicus. Sunt etiam ecdici, qui eos in iudicio persequuntur, qui Reip. pecunias debent. Atturneys for the common weale.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
ecclēsĭa (ēcclĕsĭa, Sedul. 5, 358; Venant. Carm. 3, 6, 24; and ĕclĕsĭa, Paul. Nol. Carm. 15, 117; 28, 32), ae, f., = e)kklhsi/a, an assembly of the (Greek) people.I. Prop.: et ecclesia consentiente, senate and people, in the free cities of Greece: bule et ecclesia, Plin. et Traj. Ep. 111, 1. —II.Transf.A. In eccl. Lat. 1.A religious assembly of Christians, a Christian congregation, a church (eccl. Lat.; very freq.): die ecclesiae, etc., Vulg. Matt. 18, 17; id. Philem. 2; Aug. Ep. 190, 5, 19.—2.The Church, the whole body of believers: Christus dilexit ecclesiam, Vulg. Eph. 5, 25: Dei, id. Phil. 3, 6; Aug. Serm. 137, 6; so, in coelo, Vulg. Heb. 12, 23.—3.A Christian place of assembly, a church: ut nomine ecclesiae, id est populi qui continetur, significamus locum qui continet, Aug. Ep. 190, 5, 19; cf. also Amm. 21, 2 fin.; id. 28, 6 fin. —B.An assembly, a meeting in gen., Aus. Ep. 24, 93.