Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ecclesia \Ec*cle"si*a\, n.; pl. {Ecclesi[ae]}. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]
   1. (Gr. Antiq.) The public legislative assembly of the
      Athenians.

   2. (Eccl.) A church, either as a body or as a building.