eglesia

Old Leonese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía).

Noun

eglesia

  1. church
    • 1017, Fuero de León
      que fueren daqui adelantre quelos pleitos dela yglesia que seam iulgados primeramientre
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1245, document from Sahagún[1]
      Ena eglesia I archa e I acetro pora seruir la eglisa,
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1275, Piece of a testament‎[1]:
      e compannero de la yglesia de Oviedo.
      and friend of the church of Oviedo

Descendants

  • Asturian: ilesia, igresia, inglesia, iglesia
  • Leonese: eigrexa, igrexa
  • Mirandese: eigreija

References

  1. ^ Staaff, Erik (1907) Étude sur L’Ancien Dialecte Léonais d’après des Chartes du XIIIe Siècle, Heidelberg, page 35

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈɡlezja/

Noun

eglesia f (plural eglesias)

  1. (Christianity) church
    • c. 1200, Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 78v. col. 2:
      Vn poco adelant apar de orient. es elaltar de ſanta trinjdat o la uera .☩. ſolie eſtar. todo es enla egleſia. dentro en el ſepulcro
      A little toward the east is the altar of the Holy Trinity, where the True Cross used to be. Everything is in the church, inside the sepulcher.

Descendants

  • Ladino: iglesia, iglezia
  • Spanish: iglesia (see there for further descendants)
  • → Sabir: iglezia
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