œcumenic
See also: oecumenic
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /iːkjuːˈmɛnɪk/, /ɛkjuːˈmɛnɪk/[1]
Adjective
œcumenic (not comparable)
- Archaic form of ecumenic.[1]
- 1835, Isaac Taylor, Spiritual despotism, second edition, chapter VI, page 263 (Holdsworth and Ball)
- […] that great economy of provincial government and of œcumenic relationship […]
- 1905, Emil Reich, Select Documents Illustrating Mediaeval and Modern History, page 130
- The first œcumenic council accordingly met at Nicæa, the Emperor’s summer dwelling-place in Bithynia.
- 1992, Jules Michelet and G. H. Smith, History of France from the earliest period to the present time, page 106 (D. Appleton & Co.)
- If ever general council was œcumenic, it was this of Constance.
- 1835, Isaac Taylor, Spiritual despotism, second edition, chapter VI, page 263 (Holdsworth and Ball)
Derived terms
- œcumaniac
- œcumenical
- œcumenics
Related terms
- œcumenicalism
- œcumenicality
- œcumenically
Translations
ecumenical — see ecumenical
References
- “ecumenic, œcumenic, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)
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