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protoecumenical

protoecumenical adjective: beginning or leading up to the ecumenical movement in Christianity.

Adjective

protoecumenical (comparative more protoecumenical, superlative most protoecumenical)

  1. Beginning or leading up to the ecumenical movement in Christianity.
    • In the protoecumenical world of the late 19th century, it seems to me, American protestants in particular were in general agreement concerning the tasks of church work.1978, Appalachian Notes, volume 6, numbers 1-4, page 51
    • This supremely decadent rite, apparently intended as a protoecumenical bonding ceremony, only succeeded in creating a scandal for its esotericism, anti-Semitic overtones, and its utter pointlessness.2006, Robert Bird, The Russian Prospero: The Creative Universe of Viacheslav Ivanov, page 12

Forms of protoecumenical

comparativemore protoecumenical
superlativemost protoecumenical

Origin of protoecumenical

From proto- + ecumenical.

Questions about protoecumenical

What does protoecumenical mean?
Protoecumenical means beginning or leading up to the ecumenical movement in Christianity.
What part of speech is protoecumenical?
Protoecumenical is an adjective.

Words near protoecumenical in the dictionary

  1. protodoric
  2. protodramatic
  3. protodulia
  4. protodynastic
  5. protoearth
  6. protoecumenical
  7. protoelement
  8. protoelements
  9. protoelongate
  10. protoelongates
  11. protoeruboside

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