ecumenical
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ecumenical
- /ˌiːk.jʊˈmɛ.nɪ.kəl/ UK
- /ˌɛk.jʊˈmɛ.nɪ.kəl/ UK
- /ˌɛk.jʊˈmɛ.nɪ.kəl/ US
Where it comes from
From ecumenic + -al. By surface analysis, ecumene + -ical.
adjective œcumenical · oecumenical
- Pertaining to the universal Church, representing the entire Christian world; interdenominational; sometimes by extension, interreligious. [William] Wake’s immense correspondence on behalf of Christian unity has been analysed fully, if not definitively, by Norman Sykes, and related to the situations in France, Switzerland, and Germany, but we may adventure a comment upon it without recapitulating an intricate, and like ecumenical narra
- General; universal; catholic; worldwide.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: oecumenical, ecumenic, cosmopolitan, worldwide, general, comprehensive, universal, nonsectarian, unsectarian, oecumenic, interreligious, interfaith, christian, christianity, universalist, world
Translations
Every language
adj ecclesiastical: pertaining to the Christian Church in a worldwide sense
| Español | ecuménico |
|---|---|
| Português | ecuménico, ecumênico |
| Français | œcuménique |
| Deutsch | ökumenisch |
| Italiano | ecumenico |
| Română | ecumenic |
| Русский | вселе́нский vselénskij |
adj general, universal, worldwide
| Português | ecuménico, ecumênico |
|---|---|
| Français | œcuménique |
| Italiano | ecumenico |
| Русский | экуменический ekumeničeskij |
Talk about this word "ecumenical." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ecumenical. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. ecumenical. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ecumenical "ecumenical." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ecumenical.Cite this
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title = {ecumenical},
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year = {2026},
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