Bible Dictionaries
Audience

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

AUDIENCE . From Lat. audientia; ‘audience’ means in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] the act of hearing , as Luke 20:45 ‘in the audience of all the people.’ Now it means the people gathered to hear.

Bibliography Information
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Audience'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​a/audience.html. 1909.