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Sent to many persons or places; intended for many, or for a whole order of men; general; circular; as, an encyclical letter of a council, of a bishop, or the pope.

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  1. a. Sent to many persons or places; intended for many, or for a whole order of men; general; circular; as, an encyclical letter of a council, of a bishop, or the pope.
  2. n. An encyclical letter, esp. one from a pope.
  3. adj. intended for wide distribution
  4. n. a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world
  5. Sent to many persons or places; intended for many, or for a whole order of men; general; circular; as, an encyclical letter of a council, of a bishop, or the pope. An encyclical letter, esp. one from a pope. Shipley.
  6. j:85/n:15 n. a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world s. intended for wide distribution