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noun
The public legislative assembly of the Athenians.
A church, either as a body or as a building.
The 1880s were no more peaceful for the ecclesias than had been the 1870s. Generally membership was increasing; so much so in London that two new ecclesias were formed, leaving about 200 in the older ecclesia at Islington.
The congregation, the group of believers, symbolic body or building.