Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - ecumenical
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Ecumenical
ecumenical
adjective Etymology: Late Latin oecumenicus, from Late Greek oikoumenikos, from Greek oikoumene the inhabited world, from feminine of oikoumenos, present passive participle of oikein to inhabit, from oikos house — more at vicinity Date: circa 1587 1. worldwide or general in extent, influence, or application 2. a. of, relating to, or representing the whole of a body of churches b. promoting or tending toward worldwide Christian unity or cooperation • ~ly adverb
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adj. 1 of or representing the whole Christian world. 2 seeking or promoting worldwide Christian unity. Derivatives ecumenically adv. Etymology: LL oecumenicus f. Gk oikoumenikos of the inhabited earth (oikoumene) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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Ecumenical activities, ideas, and movements try to unite different Christian Churches. (FORMAL) ...ecumenical church services... ADJ: usu ADJ n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ adj supporting the idea of uniting the different branches of the Christian religion - ecumenically adv ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1570, formed in Eng. as if from L. oecumenicus "general, universal," from Gk. oikoumenikos, from oikoumene ge "the inhabited world," from oikoumenos, pr. passive participle of oikein "inhabit," from oikos "house, habitation." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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