Encyclic

{ En‐cyc″lic (?), 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.