ecumenical
ecu·me·ni·cal
adjective
1.
2.
of worldwide scope or applicability
- “an issue of cosmopolitan import”
- “the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time” Christopher Morley
- “universal experience”
Origin
From ecumenic + -al. By surface analysis, ecumene + -ical.
Phrases
- ecumenical council
- ecumenical movement
- Ecumenical Patriarch
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