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Word: Ecumenical
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘belonging to the universal Church’): via late Latin from Greek oikoumenikos from oikoumenē ‘the (inhabited) earth’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌiːkjʊˈmɛnɪkl
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌɛkjʊˈmɛnɪkl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
representing a number of different Christian Churches
Short Definition:representing several different Christian Churches
Examples:- he was a member of ecumenical committees
Variant Forms:
- oecumenical
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