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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ecumenical /ˌiːkjʊˈmɛnɪk(ə)l, ɛk-/

▶adjective representing a number of different Christian Churches.

■ promoting or relating to unity among the world's Christian Churches.

– derivatives
ecumenically adverb,
ecumenism /ɪˈkjuːmənɪz(ə)m/ noun.

– origin C16: via late L. from Gk oikoumenikos from oikoumenē ‘the (inhabited) earth’.

'ecumenical' also found in these Oxford entries:

Chalcedonian - Ecumenical Patriarch

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