10 letters · 19 points in Scrabble
noun a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world
adjective intended for wide distribution
originFrom Late Latin encyclicus + -al, from Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios, “circular, general”), from ἐν- (en-) + κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”).
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