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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ecumenic \Ec`u*men"ic\, Ecumenical \Ec`u*men"ic*al\, a. [L.
oecumenicus Gr ? (sc. ?) the inhabited world, fr ? to
inhabit, from ? house, dwelling. See {Economy}.]
General; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that which
concerns the whole church; as an ecumenical council.
[Written also {[oe]cumenical}.]
{Ecumenical Bishop}, a title assumed by the popes.
{Ecumenical council}. See under {Council}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
ecumenical
adj 1: concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions;
"ecumenical thinking"; "ecumenical activities"; "the
ecumenical movement" [syn: {ecumenic}, {oecumenic}, {oecumenical}]
2: of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of
cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and
ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley;
"universal experience" [syn: {cosmopolitan}, {oecumenical},
{general}, {universal}, {worldwide}]
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