ecumenical
UK/ˌiːk.jʊˈmɛ.nɪ.kəl//ˌɛk.jʊˈmɛ.nɪ.kəl/
ecumenical adjective: pertaining to the universal Church, representing the entire Christian world; interdenominational; sometimes by extension, interreligious.
Adjective
ecumenical (not comparable)
- Pertaining to the universal Church, representing the entire Christian world; interdenominational; sometimes by extension, interreligious.
- [William] Wake’s immense correspondence on behalf of Christian unity has been analysed fully, if not definitively, by Norman Sykes, and related to the situations in France, Switzerland, and Germany, but we may adventure a comment upon it without recapitulating an intricate, and like ecumenical...1986, [Ernest] Gordon Rupp, “Conversations”, in Religion in England 1688–1791 (Oxford History of the Christian Church), Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, part I (‘Names and Sects and...
- Within Europe, the church's ecumenical partnerships have demonstrated that ecclesial unity may have political resonances.1999 June 5, Martyn Percy, “St Albion's Utd”, in The Guardian, London, retrieved 29 Jan 2022
- General; universal; catholic; worldwide.
ecumenical meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
ecumenical in Hindi
- एक्यूमेनिकल, एक्युमेनिकल
ecumenical in Tamil
- கிறித்தவ உலக முழுமைக்கும் உரிய, கிறித்தவத் திருச்சபை முழுமையும் சார்ந்த, பொதுப்படையான, பரவலான, முழுமொத்தமான, எல்லாவற்றையும் உட்படுத்திய
ecumenical in Marathi
- एक्युमेनिकल, एक्यूमेनिकल, इक्युमेनिकल
ecumenical in Urdu
- عالم گیر, کلیسائی, عمومی
More languagesFewer languages
- ecumenical in Bengali
- একিউমেনিকাল, একিউমেনিক্যাল
- ecumenical in Telugu
- ఎక్యుమెనికల్, ఎక్యూమెనికల్
- ecumenical in Malayalam
- എല്ലാ ക്രിസ്തീയസഭകൾക്കും പൊതുവായ, സാർവ്വജനീനമായ, സാർവ്വലൗകികക്രിസ്തീയസഭകളുടേതായ, സാർവ്വലൗകികമായ
- ecumenical in Kannada
- ಎಕ್ಯುಮೆನಿಕಲ್
- ecumenical in Gujarati
- એક્યુમેનિકલ, ઇક્યુમેનિકલ
- ecumenical in Odia
- ଏକ୍ଯ଼ୁମେନିସିଆଲ୍
- ecumenical in Tagalog
- malukubin
- ecumenical in Indonesian
- ekumenis
Synonyms of ecumenical
Forms of ecumenical
| alternative form | œcumenical |
|---|---|
| alternative form | oecumenical |
Origin of ecumenical
From ecumenic + -al. By surface analysis, ecumene + -ical.
Words formed from ecumenical
Phrases with ecumenical
Questions about ecumenical
- What does ecumenical mean?
- Ecumenical means pertaining to the universal Church, representing the entire Christian world; interdenominational; sometimes by extension, interreligious.
- What is ecumenical in Hindi?
- Ecumenical in Hindi is एक्यूमेनिकल, एक्युमेनिकल. See Ecumenical meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ecumenical?
- Ecumenical is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce ecumenical?
- Ecumenical is pronounced /ˌiːk.jʊˈmɛ.nɪ.kəl/ (UK).
Words near ecumenical in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ecumenical (page history and authors); ecumenical (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ecumenical (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ecumenical (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ecumenical (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ecumenical (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ecumenical (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ecumenical (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ecumenical (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ecumenical (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ecumenical (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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