( 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.
( 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012