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Middle French
Etymology
Old French eglise.
Noun
eglise f (plural eglises)
- church
Descendants
- French: église (see there for further descendants)
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *eclesia, from Ecclesiastical Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “gathering”).
Noun
eglise oblique singular, f (oblique plural eglises, nominative singular eglise, nominative plural eglises)
- church (building dedicated to religious practice; usually Christian)
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (eglise, supplement)