ecumenical

ecumenical
    adj 1: concerned with promoting unity among churches or
           religions; "ecumenical thinking"; "ecumenical
           activities"; "the ecumenical movement" [syn: {ecumenic},
           {oecumenic}, {ecumenical}, {oecumenical}]
    2: of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of
       cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical
       comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal
       experience" [syn: {cosmopolitan}, {ecumenical},
       {oecumenical}, {general}, {universal}, {worldwide}, {world-
       wide}]
    

Ecumenic \Ec`u*men"ic\, Ecumenical \Ec`u*men"ic*al\, a. [L.
   oecumenicus, Gr. ? (sc. ?) the inhabited world, fr. ? to
   inhabit, from o'i^kos house, dwelling. See {Economy}.]
   General; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that which
   concerns the whole church; as, an ecumenical council.
   [Written also {[oe]cumenical}.]
   [1913 Webster]

   {Ecumenical Bishop}, a title assumed by the popes.

   {Ecumenical council}. See under {Council}.
      [1913 Webster]
    

82 Moby Thesaurus words for "ecumenical":
      all-comprehending, all-comprehensive, all-covering, all-embracing,
      all-encompassing, all-filling, all-including, all-inclusive,
      all-pervading, allover, broad, broad-gauged, broad-minded,
      catholic, coacting, coactive, coadjutant, coadjuvant, coefficient,
      collaborative, collective, collectivist, collectivistic, collusive,
      combined, commensal, common, communal, communalist, communalistic,
      communist, communistic, communitarian, comprehensive, concerted,
      concordant, concurrent, concurring, conniving, cooperant,
      cooperating, cooperative, cosmic, cosmopolitan, country-wide,
      ecumenic, ecumenistic, fellow, galactic, general, global,
      harmonious, harmonized, heaven-wide, inclusive, international,
      joint, mutual, national, noncompetitive, nondenominational,
      noninsular, nonsectarian, planetary, reciprocal, spacious of mind,
      symbiotic, synergetic, synergic, synergistic, total, unbigoted,
      uncompetitive, unfanatical, unhidebound, universal, unparochial,
      unprovincial, wide, wide-minded, world-wide, worldwide