e- var. of eklezia, q.v.

ekkanisa; (R.C.) ekkereziya.

e- (n/n) a (Roman Catholic) church. See eklezia.

e- also ekleziya, ekkereziya (n/n) [from Lat. ecclesia] a Roman Catholic church, eklezia enkulu, cathedral. The initial e- is sometimes treated as part of the word, sometimes as the l.V. (initial vowel J. The spelling klezia is in violation of the rules of the orthography but is in common use.