Definition of "encyclopaedia" [encyclopaedia]

• Alternative spelling of encyclopedia. (noun)

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• "The term encyclopaedia must not be understood in precisely the same sense as in"
• "Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia, is set to launch an internet search engine with amazon. com that he hopes will become a rival to Google and Yahoo!"
• "By the bye, what a strange abuse has been made of the word encyclopaedia!"