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ecumenical

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


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Lacking options, many displaced people therefore have to find relatives who can host them or pay exorbitant rents to landlords, explained Fadi Al-Halabi, executive director in Lebanon of the Ecumenical Disability Advocates Network.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

He was joined by clergymen including Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, the most senior bishop in Eastern Orthodoxy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Support for that view in Greece has been expressed by other Orthodox countries, significantly including the Ecumenical Patriarchate which is based in Istanbul, Turkey.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2024

Ecumenical councils brought together bishops from the Roman East and West and issued decisions designed to be adopted universally.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

And again, 'We have asked you to call together an Ecumenical Council, which can most fully consolidate and restore the tottering.'

From The Church of England cleared from the charge of Schism Upon Testimonies of Councils and Fathers of the first six centuries by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)




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