eglesia

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Old Leonese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía).

Noun

eglesia

  1. church
    • 1017, Fuero de León
      que fueren daqui adelantre quelos pleitos dela yglesia que seam iulgados primeramientre
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    • 1245, document from Sahagún[1]
      Ena eglesia I archa e I acetro pora seruir la eglisa,
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    • 1275, Piece of a testament‎:
      e compannero de la yglesia de Oviedo.
      and friend of the church of Oviedo

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Staaff, Erik (1907) Étude sur L’Ancien Dialecte Léonais d’après des Chartes du XIIIe Siècle, Heidelberg, page 35

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía).

Pronunciation

Noun

eglesia f (plural eglesias)

  1. (Christianity) church
    • c. 1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 78v. col. 2.
      Vn poco adelant apar de orient. es elaltar de ſanta trinjdat o la uera .☩. ſolie eſtar. todo es enla egleſia. dentro en el ſepulcro
      A little toward the east is the altar of the Holy Trinity, where the True Cross used to be. Everything is in the church, inside the sepulcher.

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