ecumenical : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ecumenical	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for ecumenical
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ecumenical adj concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions; "ecumenical thinking"; "ecumenical activities"; "the ecumenical movement" Synonym(s): ecumenic, oecumenic, ecumenical, oecumenical of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience" Synonym(s): cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide, world- wide
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ecumenic \Ec`umen"ic\, Ecumenical* \Ec`umen"ical\, 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}.