"ecumenical" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌiːk.jʊˈmɛ.nɪ.kəl/ [UK], /ˌɛk.jʊˈmɛ.nɪ.kəl/ [UK], /ˌɛk.jʊˈmɛ.nɪ.kəl/ [US] Audio: en-us-ecumenical.ogg Forms: more ecumenical [comparative], most ecumenical [superlative]
Etymology: From ecumenic + -al. By surface analysis, ecumene + -ical. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ecumenic|al}} ecumenic + -al, {{surf|en|ecumene|-ical}} By surface analysis, ecumene + -ical Head templates: {{en-adj}} ecumenical (comparative more ecumenical, superlative most ecumenical)
  1. (ecclesiastical) Pertaining to the universal Church, representing the entire Christian world; interdenominational; sometimes by extension, interreligious. Translations (ecclesiastical: pertaining to the Christian Church in a worldwide sense): ekumenies (Afrikaans), ecumènic (Catalan), ekumenický (Czech), økumenisk (Danish), oecumenisch (Dutch), ekumeeninen (Finnish), œcuménique (French), ecumenic (Friulian), ökumenisch (German), ökumenikus (Hungarian), egyetemes (Hungarian), ecumenico (Italian), eddyr-agglishagh (Manx), êtchuménique (Norman), økumenisk (Norwegian Bokmål), økumenisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), ekumeniczny (Polish), ecuménico [Portugal] (Portuguese), ecumênico [Brazil] (Portuguese), ecumenic (Romanian), вселе́нский (vselénskij) (Russian), uil-eaglaiseil (Scottish Gaelic), ekumenski (Slovene), ecuménico (Spanish), ekumenisk (Swedish), malukubin (Tagalog), ekümenik (Turkish)
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  2. (rare) General; universal; catholic; worldwide. Tags: rare Synonyms: universal, worldwide Translations (general, universal, worldwide): universeel (Afrikaans), вселенски (vselenski) (Bulgarian), ecumènic (Catalan), univerzální (Czech), oecumenisch (Dutch), universaali (Finnish), œcuménique (French), ecumenic (Friulian), ökumenikus (Hungarian), egyetemes (Hungarian), ecumenico (Italian), êtchuménique (Norman), ekumeniczny (Polish), ecuménico [Portugal] (Portuguese), ecumênico [Brazil] (Portuguese), экуменический (ekumeničeskij) (Russian), uile-choitcheann (Scottish Gaelic), ekümenik (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-ecumenical-en-adj-8MVieOfy Disambiguation of 'general, universal, worldwide': 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: œcumenical, oecumenical

Alternative forms

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    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Friulian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Manx translations",
    "Terms with Norman translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
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    "Terms with Swedish translations",
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      "word": "Ecumenical Patriarch"
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          "ref": "1999 June 5, Martyn Percy, “St Albion's Utd”, in The Guardian, London, retrieved 2022-01-29:",
          "text": "Within Europe, the church's ecumenical partnerships have demonstrated that ecclesial unity may have political resonances.",
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          "ref": "2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years, Penguin, published 2010, page 215:",
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          "ref": "2010 October 30, “Britain's Ancient Shame in Slovenia”, in The Economist, London:",
          "text": "Rather touchingly, an ecumenical mass of reparation for the victims of the massacres was held on October 29, in the very English village of Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire. The service was led by the Catholic bishop of Northampton, with Archbishop Metropolitan Stres from Ljubljana and the Anglican bishop of Buckingham.",
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        "(ecclesiastical) Pertaining to the universal Church, representing the entire Christian world; interdenominational; sometimes by extension, interreligious."
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        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
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        "General; universal; catholic; worldwide."
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          "universal"
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        "(rare) General; universal; catholic; worldwide."
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      "ipa": "/ˌiːk.jʊˈmɛ.nɪ.kəl/",
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "ecclesiastical: pertaining to the Christian Church in a worldwide sense",
      "word": "ekumenies"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "ecclesiastical: pertaining to the Christian Church in a worldwide sense",
      "word": "ecumènic"
    },
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "ecclesiastical: pertaining to the Christian Church in a worldwide sense",
      "word": "ekumenický"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "ecclesiastical: pertaining to the Christian Church in a worldwide sense",
      "word": "økumenisk"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ecclesiastical: pertaining to the Christian Church in a worldwide sense",
      "word": "oecumenisch"
    },
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ecclesiastical: pertaining to the Christian Church in a worldwide sense",
      "word": "ekumeeninen"
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      "lang": "French",
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      "word": "ökumenisch"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ecclesiastical: pertaining to the Christian Church in a worldwide sense",
      "word": "ökumenikus"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ecclesiastical: pertaining to the Christian Church in a worldwide sense",
      "word": "egyetemes"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ecclesiastical: pertaining to the Christian Church in a worldwide sense",
      "word": "ecumenico"
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      "sense": "ecclesiastical: pertaining to the Christian Church in a worldwide sense",
      "word": "eddyr-agglishagh"
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      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "ecclesiastical: pertaining to the Christian Church in a worldwide sense",
      "word": "êtchuménique"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "ecclesiastical: pertaining to the Christian Church in a worldwide sense",
      "word": "økumenisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "ecclesiastical: pertaining to the Christian Church in a worldwide sense",
      "word": "økumenisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ecclesiastical: pertaining to the Christian Church in a worldwide sense",
      "word": "ekumeniczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ecclesiastical: pertaining to the Christian Church in a worldwide sense",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ],
      "word": "ecuménico"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ecclesiastical: pertaining to the Christian Church in a worldwide sense",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ],
      "word": "ecumênico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "ecclesiastical: pertaining to the Christian Church in a worldwide sense",
      "word": "ecumenic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vselénskij",
      "sense": "ecclesiastical: pertaining to the Christian Church in a worldwide sense",
      "word": "вселе́нский"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "ecclesiastical: pertaining to the Christian Church in a worldwide sense",
      "word": "uil-eaglaiseil"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "ecclesiastical: pertaining to the Christian Church in a worldwide sense",
      "word": "ekumenski"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ecclesiastical: pertaining to the Christian Church in a worldwide sense",
      "word": "ecuménico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ecclesiastical: pertaining to the Christian Church in a worldwide sense",
      "word": "ekumenisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "ecclesiastical: pertaining to the Christian Church in a worldwide sense",
      "word": "malukubin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ecclesiastical: pertaining to the Christian Church in a worldwide sense",
      "word": "ekümenik"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "general, universal, worldwide",
      "word": "universeel"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vselenski",
      "sense": "general, universal, worldwide",
      "word": "вселенски"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "general, universal, worldwide",
      "word": "ecumènic"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "general, universal, worldwide",
      "word": "univerzální"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "general, universal, worldwide",
      "word": "oecumenisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "general, universal, worldwide",
      "word": "universaali"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "general, universal, worldwide",
      "word": "œcuménique"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "general, universal, worldwide",
      "word": "ecumenic"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "general, universal, worldwide",
      "word": "ökumenikus"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "general, universal, worldwide",
      "word": "egyetemes"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "general, universal, worldwide",
      "word": "ecumenico"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "general, universal, worldwide",
      "word": "êtchuménique"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "general, universal, worldwide",
      "word": "ekumeniczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "general, universal, worldwide",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ],
      "word": "ecuménico"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "general, universal, worldwide",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ],
      "word": "ecumênico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ekumeničeskij",
      "sense": "general, universal, worldwide",
      "word": "экуменический"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "general, universal, worldwide",
      "word": "uile-choitcheann"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "general, universal, worldwide",
      "word": "ekümenik"
    }
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}

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