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Ecumenical   /ˌɛkjumˈɛnɪkəl/   Listen
Ecumenical

adjective
(Written also oecumenical)
1.
Concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions.  Synonyms: ecumenic, oecumenic, oecumenical.  "Ecumenical activities" , "The ecumenical movement"
2.
Of worldwide scope or applicability.  Synonyms: cosmopolitan, general, oecumenical, universal, world-wide, worldwide.  "The shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time" , "Universal experience"



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"Ecumenical" Quotes from Famous Books



... already been some local councils at which the bishops and priests of a single province had been present. For the first time, in 324,[175] Constantine convoked a General Assembly of the World (an ecumenical council) at Nicaea, in Asia Minor; 318 ecclesiastics were in attendance. They discussed questions of theology and drew up the Nicene Creed, the Catholic confession of faith. Then the emperor wrote to all the churches, bidding them "conform to the will of God as expressed by the ...
— History Of Ancient Civilization • Charles Seignobos


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