ecumenical
pronunciation
How to pronounce ecumenical in British English:
UK [ˌi:kju:ˈmenɪkl]
How to pronounce ecumenical in American English:
US [ˌɛkjəˈmɛnɪkəl]
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- Adjective:
- concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions
- of worldwide scope or applicability
Word Origin
- ecumenical (adj.)
- late 16c., "representing the entire (Christian) world," formed in English as an ecclesiastical word, from Late Latin oecumenicus "general, universal," from Greek oikoumenikos "from the whole world," from he oikoumene ge "the inhabited world (as known to the ancient Greeks); the Greeks and their neighbors considered as developed human society (as opposed to barbarian lands)," in later use "the Roman world" and in the Christian sense in ecclesiastical Greek, from oikoumenos, present passive participle of oikein "inhabit," from oikos "house, habitation" (see villa). Related: Ecumenic.
Example
- 1. Ecumenical buddhism daoism confucianism no your zodiac sign .
- 2. Both chaplains work as part of an ecumenical team .
- 3. The ecumenical christianity as an idle utopia .
- 4. Christological controversy and the chalcedon ecumenical council .
- 5. Metropolitan daniel , who is 56 , studied and taught theology abroad , including at an ecumenical institute in switzerland .