kyriakon

Updated: May 8, 2025

And, further on in the story, when the term "Universal Assembly" is used, it is a direct translation of the Greek term, Ekklesia Katholikos, and is actually a better translation than "Catholic Church," since the English word church comes from the Greek kyriakon, meaning "the house of the Lord" in other words, a church building, not the organization as a whole.

Randall Garrett - Despoilers of the Golden Empire