ECUMENICAL
cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide, world-wide
(adjective) of worldwide scope or applicability; “an issue of cosmopolitan import”; “the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time”- Christopher Morley; “universal experience”
ecumenic, oecumenic, ecumenical, oecumenical
(adjective) concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions; “ecumenical thinking”; “ecumenical activities”; “the ecumenical movement”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
ecumenical (not comparable)
(ecclesiastical) Pertaining to the universal Church, representing the entire Christian world; interdenominational; sometimes by extension, interreligious. [from 16th c.]
General, universal, worldwide. [from 17th c.]
Synonyms
• (general, universal): universal, worldwide
Source: Wiktionary
Ec`u*men"ic, Ec`u*men"ic*al, a. Etym: [L. oecumenicus, Gr. Economy.]
Definition: General; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that which
concerns the whole church; as, an ecumenical council. [Written also
.] Ecumenical Bishop, a title assumed by the popes.
– Ecumenical council. See under Council.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition