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Ecclesiastes definition

Ec·cle·si·as·tes (e klē′zē as′tēz′, i-)

noun

Bible a book of teachings, written as if by Solomon: abbrev. Eccles, Eccl, or Ec

Etymology: LL(Ec) < Gr ekklēsiastēs, member of an ecclesia (see ecclesia): used in LXX for Heb kohelet, he who calls together an assembly < kahal, assembly

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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