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oecumenical council

oecumenical council is the alternative spelling of ecumenical council.

Meaning of ecumenical council

Noun

ecumenical council (plural ecumenical councils)

  1. A church council to which bishops from the entire world are invited, held by Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christians to be infallible in its decisions on faith and morals when certain conditions are met.
    • […] in 1215, the Maronite patriarch visited Rome and participated in an ecumenical council.2016, David S. Sorenson, An Introduction to the Modern Middle East: History, Religion, Political Economy, Politics, 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 80

Forms of oecumenical council

pluraloecumenical councils

Questions about oecumenical council

What is oecumenical council the alternative spelling of?
Oecumenical council is the alternative spelling of ecumenical council.

Words near oecumenical council in the dictionary

  1. OECTA
  2. oecumene
  3. oecumenes
  4. oecumenic
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  6. oecumenical council
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  8. oecumenicalism
  9. oecumenicism
  10. oecumenicity
  11. oecus

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