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ecumenical

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


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As Roosevelt moved the U.S. toward intervention, he sent an envoy to the Vatican, hoping to craft global, ecumenical religious alliances—and there was no alliance he coveted more than with the Roman Catholic Church.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 18, 2026

All credit goes to John B. Judis, formerly of In These Times and the New Republic, for his ecumenical spirit.

From Salon Mar. 28, 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

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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