'Ecumenical' definitions:
Definition of 'ecumenical'
From: WordNet
adjective
Concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions; "ecumenical thinking"; "ecumenical activities"; "the ecumenical movement" [syn: ecumenic, oecumenic, ecumenical, oecumenical]
adjective
Of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience" [syn: cosmopolitan, ecumenical, oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide, world- wide]
Definition of 'Ecumenical'
From: GCIDE
- Ecumenic \Ec`u*men"ic\, Ecumenical \Ec`u*men"ic*al\, a. [L. oecumenicus, Gr. ? (sc. ?) the inhabited world, fr. ? to inhabit, from o'i^kos house, dwelling. See Economy.] General; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that which concerns the whole church; as, an ecumenical council. [Written also [oe]cumenical.] [1913 Webster]
- Ecumenical Bishop, a title assumed by the popes.
- Ecumenical council. See under Council. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ecumenical'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- all-comprehending,
- all-comprehensive,
- all-covering,
- all-embracing,
- all-encompassing,
- all-filling,
- all-including,
- all-inclusive,
- all-pervading,
- allover,
- broad,
- broad-gauged,
- broad-minded,
- catholic,
- coacting,
- coactive,
- coadjutant,
- coadjuvant,
- coefficient,
- collaborative,
- collective,
- collectivist,
- collectivistic,
- collusive,
- combined,
- commensal,
- common,
- communal,
- communalist,
- communalistic,
- communist,
- communistic,
- communitarian,
- comprehensive,
- concerted,
- concordant,
- concurrent,
- concurring,
- conniving,
- cooperant,
- cooperating,
- cooperative,
- cosmic,
- cosmopolitan,
- country-wide,
- ecumenic,
- ecumenistic,
- fellow,
- galactic,
- general,
- global,
- harmonious,
- harmonized,
- heaven-wide,
- inclusive,
- international,
- joint,
- mutual,
- national,
- noncompetitive,
- nondenominational,
- noninsular,
- nonsectarian,
- planetary,
- reciprocal,
- spacious of mind,
- symbiotic,
- synergetic,
- synergic,
- synergistic,
- total,
- unbigoted,
- uncompetitive,
- unfanatical,
- unhidebound,
- universal,
- unparochial,
- unprovincial,
- wide,
- wide-minded,
- world-wide,
- worldwide