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ecumenical

,i:kju(:)'menikәl5 senses · 427 ms
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adj/ˌiːk.jʊˈmɛ.nɪ.kəl//ˌɛk.jʊˈmɛ.nɪ.kəl/
  1. 1

    Pertaining to the universal Church, representing the entire Christian world; interdenominational; sometimes by extension, interreligious.not-comparable

    • Within Europe, the church's ecumenical partnerships have demonstrated that ecclesial unity may have political resonances.
    • Nicaea has always been regarded as one of the milestones in the history of the Church, and reckoned as the first council to be styled ‘general’ or ‘oecumenical’.
  2. 2

    General; universal; catholic; worldwide.not-comparablerare

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