œcumenic

UK/iːkjuːˈmɛnɪk/UK/ɛkjuːˈmɛnɪk/

A form of ecumenic — Ecumenical.

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Meanings

adjectiveœcumenic (not comparable)
  1. archaicnot comparableArchaic form of ecumenic.

    If ever general council was œcumenic, it was this of Constance.

    1992, Jules Michelet, G. H. Smith, History of France from the earliest period to the present time, D. Appleton & Co, page 106
    2 more examples

    […] that great economy of provincial government and of œcumenic relationship […]

    1835, Isaac Taylor, chapter VI, in Spiritual despotism, 2nd edition, Holdsworth and Ball, page 263

    The first œcumenic council accordingly met at Nicæa, the Emperor’s summer dwelling-place in Bithynia.

    1905, Emil Reich, Select Documents Illustrating Mediaeval and Modern History, page 130
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