ἐκκλησί-α · ekklēsi-a — LSJ
assembly duly summoned, less general than σύλλογος, Th. 2.22, Pl. Grg. 456b, etc.; applied to the Homeric Assemblies, Arist. Pol. 1285a11; to the Samian Assembly, Hdt. 3.142; to the Spartan, Th. 1.87; to the meeting of the Amphictyons at Delphi, Aeschin. 3.124; at Athens, ἐ. κύριαι, opp. σύγκλητοι, Arist. Ath. 43.4; κυρία ἐ., at Amorgos, IG 12(7).237.46; ἐ. συναγείρειν, συνάγειν, συλλέγειν, ἀθροίζειν, call an assembly, Hdt. 3.142, Th. 2.60, 8.97, X. HG 1.6.8; ἐ. ποιεῖν Ar. Eq. 746, Th. 1.139, al
= Lat. Comitia, ἐ. λοχῖτις, φρατρική, = Comitia Centuriata, Curiata, D.H. 4.20.
= ψήφισμα, ἀναγιγνωσκομένης ἐ. Philostr. VS 2.1.11.
in LXX, the Jewish congregation, De. 31.30, al.
in NT, the Church, as a body of Christians, Ev.Matt. 16.18, 1 Ep.Cor. 11.22; ἡ κατʼ οἶκόν τινος ἐ. Ep.Rom. 16.5; as a building, Cod.Just. 1.1.5 Intr., etc.