oecumenical
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}]
oecumenical \oec`u*men"ic*al\, a.
See {Ecumenical}.
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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}.]
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{Ecumenical Bishop}, a title assumed by the popes.
{Ecumenical council}. See under {Council}.
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