Oecumenical

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  oecumenical \oec`u*men"ic*al\, a.
     See {Ecumenical}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Ecumenic \Ec`u*men"ic\, Ecumenical \Ec`u*men"ic*al\, a. [L.
     oecumenicus, Gr. ? (sc. ?) the inhabited world, fr. ? to
     inhabit, from o'i^kos house, dwelling. See {Economy}.]
     General; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that which
     concerns the whole church; as, an ecumenical council.
     [Written also {[oe]cumenical}.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Ecumenical Bishop}, a title assumed by the popes.
  
     {Ecumenical council}. See under {Council}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  oecumenical
       adj 1: concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions;
              "ecumenical thinking"; "ecumenical activities"; "the
              ecumenical movement" [syn: {ecumenic}, {oecumenic}, {ecumenical}]
       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}, {ecumenical},
           {general}, {universal}, {worldwide}]