1. Adjective
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.
2. Noun
An encyclical letter, esp. one from a pope.
3. Noun
a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world
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