noun, feminine/e.ɡliz/plural: églises
church
Related: banc d'église, gueux comme un rat d'église, mot d'église
Inherited from Middle French eglise, from Old French eglise, esglise, from Vulgar Latin *eclesia, from Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “gathering”). * Cognate with Catalan església, Italian chiesa, Portuguese igreja, Spanish iglesia