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



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