Eccles

¹ American  

[ek-uhlz] / ˈɛk əlz /

noun

1. Sir John Carew 1903–97, Australian physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1963.

2. Marriner Stoddard 1890–1977, U.S. economist and banker.

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eccles. ² American  

Or eccl.

abbreviation

1. ecclesiastic.

2. ecclesiastical.

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Eccles. ³ American  

Or Eccl.

abbreviation

Bible.

1. Ecclesiastes.

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Eccles ¹ British  

/ ˈɛkəlz /

noun

1. a town in NW England, in Salford unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop: 36 610 (2001)

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Eccles ² British  

/ ˈɛkəlz /

noun

1. Sir John Carew. 1903–97, Australian physiologist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology (1963) with A. L. Hodgkin and A. F. Huxley for their work on conduction of nervous impulses

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Eccles. ³ British  

abbreviation

1. Ecclesiastes

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Example Sentences

One former Fed chief, Marriner Eccles, remained at the central bank after his term as chair ended in 1948.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

“Pickpocket” also happened to be the last narrative feature to premiere at the Eccles Theater.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

No former chair has stayed on as a governor since Marriner Eccles, who served from 1934 until 1948 and remained on the board at President Harry Truman’s request after the president chose a new chair.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

At the center of the fight is the Fed’s renovation of a historic building used by its Board of Governors, the Marriner S. Eccles Building.

From Barron's • Jan. 5, 2026

He then read, "Send down Eccles or Beattie by next train; he is worse."

From Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. by Lever, Charles James