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2 definitions found 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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