ecumenical Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions
    oecumenical; ecumenic; oecumenic.
    • ecumenical thinking
    • ecumenical activities
    • the ecumenical movement
  2. adjective satellite of worldwide scope or applicability
    worldwide; cosmopolitan; universal; general; oecumenical; world-wide.
    • an issue of cosmopolitan import
    • the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley
    • universal experience

WordNet

Ec`u*men"ic, Ec`u*men"ic*al adjective (Also<
  • Ecumenic
  • Ecumenical
)
Etymology
L. oecumenicus, Gr. (sc. ) the inhabited world, fr. to inhabit, from house, dwelling. See Economy.
Definitions
  1. General; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that which concerns the whole church; as, an ecumenical council. Written also cumenical.

Webster 1913