ecumenical
adj/ˌiːk.jʊˈmɛ.nɪ.kəl/UK/ˌɛk.jʊˈmɛ.nɪ.kəl/US
Etymology
From ecumenic + -al. By surface analysis, ecumene + -ical.
Definitions
Pertaining to the universal Church, representing the entire Christian world
Pertaining to the universal Church, representing the entire Christian world; interdenominational; sometimes by extension, interreligious.
- Within Europe, the church's ecumenical partnerships have demonstrated that ecclesial unity may have political resonances.
- Nicaea has always been regarded as one of the milestones in the history of the Church, and reckoned as the first council to be styled ‘general’ or ‘oecumenical’.
General
General; universal; catholic; worldwide.
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA