ecumenical

Adjective
Synonyms: ecumenicoecumenicoecumenicalcosmopolitangeneraluniversalworldwideworld-wide

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions“ecumenical thinking”“ecumenical activities”“the ecumenical movement”Synonyms: ecumenicoecumenicoecumenical
  2. of worldwide scope or applicability“an issue of cosmopolitan import”“the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time — Christopher Morley”“universal experience”Synonyms: cosmopolitanoecumenicalgeneraluniversalworldwideworld-wide
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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