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ecumenical

[ek-yoo-men-i-kuhl, ee-kyoo-] / ˈɛk jʊˈmɛn ɪ kəl, ˈi kjʊ- /


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Patriarch Kirill’s new book raises another ecumenical question, whether ecumenical dialogue between Roman Catholicism and Russian Orthodoxy is effectively over.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Not every editor is quite as catholic with a little c, as ecumenical, as excited about such a range of writing as I am.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 13, 2026

Then he travelled to Iznik for an ecumenical celebration marking 1,700 years since the First Council of Nicaea, one of the early Church's most important gatherings.

From Barron's Nov. 30, 2025

James Reid, 49 and a lifelong Memphian, had been to the hotel many times before, including for annual ecumenical meetings.

From Salon Nov. 4, 2025

The minister, who took his ecumenical and—some felt—slightly impersonal remarks from Saint Paul’s sermon on Love from First Corinthians, talked for about half an hour.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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