Ἐκκλησία κυρία
principal assembly
Translated by Debra Hamel12 Aug 1999Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
The ekklesia [assembly]1 in which they used to confirm [make kyrios] the decrees, is called kyria. There are regular ekklesiai, those that are called kyriai, three per month at Athens, on the first and 10th and 13th days.2 There are also specially-summoned assemblies3 called for pressing business. So the ekklesiai that are regular and whose subject matter is well-defined are called kyriai, and those that are summoned for urgent business are synkletoi.