English Explanatory Dictionary

ecumenical

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pertaining to the universal Church, representing the entire Christian world; interdenominational; sometimes by extension, interreligious.
  2. General; universal; catholic; worldwide.

Pronunciation

/ˌiːk.jʊˈmɛ.nɪ.kəl/ /ˌɛk.jʊˈmɛ.nɪ.kəl/ en-us-ecumenical.ogg

Word forms

ecumenical œcumenical oecumenical

Etymology

From ecumenic + -al. By surface analysis, ecumene + -ical.

Synonyms

universal worldwide

Derived words

ecumaniac ecumenical council ecumenicalism ecumenically ecumenical movement Ecumenical Patriarch ecumenicism ecumenicist ecumenicity ecumenism nonecumenical protoecumenical unecumenical
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