ecumenical
adjective/ˌekjuːˈmenɪkl/, /ˌiːkjuːˈmenɪkl/
/ˌekjuːˈmenɪkl/
- involving or joining together members of different branches of the Christian Church
- an ecumenical committee
Oxford Collocations DictionaryEcumenical is used with these nouns:- council
- movement
- theology
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘belonging to the universal Church’): via late Latin from Greek oikoumenikos from oikoumenē ‘the (inhabited) earth’.Want to learn more?
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