Quinqueecclesiae

Latin

Alternative forms
  • Quīnque-Ecclēsiae, Quīnque Ecclēsiae, Quīnquecclēsiae

Etymology

From quīnque (“five”) +‎ ecclēsiae (“churches”), plausibly after a local Christian community of the Roman era.[1]

Proper noun

Quīnqueecclēsiae f pl (genitive Quīnqueecclēsiārum); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) Pécs (a city in Hungary)
    • 1782–1804, Joseph Koller, Historia Episcopatus Quinqueecclesiarum [History of the Bishopric of Pécs]

Declension

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Descendants
  • → English: Five Churches (calque)
  • → French: Cinq-Églises (calque)
  • →? German: Fünfkirchen (calque)
  • → Italian: Cinquechiese (calque)
  • →? Slovak: Päťkostolie (calque)

References
  1. Engel, Pál (2001) The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary 895–1526, I. B. Tauris, →ISBN, page 5
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