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Meanings of oecumenic in English

Concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions.

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        At parish and local levels, greater ecumenical activities would benefit all Christians.
        The Irish Times
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        The letter was sent by the ecumenical Church of Ireland group, Catalyst.
        The Irish Times
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        Catholic Church in France holds an ecumenical service for Jews and Protestants.
        The Irish Times
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        The Calvinist and Catholic authorities, ecumenical for once, heartily endorsed this condemnation.
        The portable atheist: essential readings for the nonbeliever
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        There is actually more ecumenical activity going on in Ireland than ever before.
        The Irish Times
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        Could you not have been called by something rather less oecumenical?
        Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
        2
        Numerous problems are now postponed till the oecumenical Council.
        Erasmus and the Age of Reformation
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        The thought of an oecumenical council having its leading feature dislocated by my trifling experiment!
        The Poet at the Breakfast-Table
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        An oecumenical council (called by the Latins the 8th) was convoked at Constantinople to decide this matter.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        5
        Name the oecumenical creeds.
        An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism
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        Perhaps she can even help lead them back to the Ecumenic fold.
        The pretender's crown
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        They have all turned from the Ecumenic church, and follow Reformation paths.
        The pretender's crown
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        This battle is larger than Gallin or Aulun, larger than Reformation or Ecumenic law.
        The pretender's crown
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        Linda Hogan, professor of ecumenics at Trinity College Dublin, is preoccupied with that change.
        The Irish Times
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        Silver witchpower shot up, bright against the blue sky, and the Ecumenic armies erupted in cheers.
        The pretender's crown
        Usage of oecumenic in English
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        My library is gnostic, oecumenic and spiritual.
        The Queen Pedauque
        Oecumenic through the time