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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
encyclical
    adj 1: intended for wide distribution; "an encyclical letter"
    n 1: a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops
         throughout the world [syn: encyclical, encyclical
         letter]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
distributed \distributed\ adj.
   1. spread from a central location to multiple points or
      recipients. Opposite of concentrated. [Narrower terms:
      apportioned, dealt out, doled out, meted out, parceled
      out; diffuse, diffused; dispensed; dispersed,
      spread; divided, divided up, shared, shared out on the
      basis of a plan or purpose); encyclical; rationed;
      scattered, widespread; sparse, thin; unfocused,
      unfocussed] Also See: distributive.
      [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

   2. spread among a variety of securities; -- of investments.

   Syn: diversified.
        [WordNet 1.5]

              Distributing to the necessity of saints. --Rom.
                                                  xii. 13.
        [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Encyclic \En*cyc"lic\, Encyclical \En*cyc"li*cal\, n.
   An encyclical letter, esp. one from a pope. --Shipley.
   Encyclopedia

4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Encyclic \En*cyc"lic\, Encyclical \En*cyc"li*cal\, a. [L.
   encyclios of a circle, general, Gr. ?; ? in + ? circle: cf.
   F. encyclique. See Cycle.]
   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. Encyclic

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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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