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ecumenical

/ek-yoo-men-i-kuhl or, especially British, ee-kyoo-/US // ˈɛk yʊˈmɛn ɪ kəl or, especially British, ˈi kyʊ- //UK // (ˌiːkjʊˈmɛnɪkəl, ˌɛk-) //

普世教会,普世基督教,普世,普世的

Related Words

comprehensive全面,全面的,综合,综合性all-inclusive包罗万象,包罗万象的,全包式,无所不包catholic天主教会,天主教徒,天主教,天主教的cosmic宇宙,宇宙的,宇宙性的,宇宙性cosmopolitan大都会,大都会的,都市人,世界性的global全球,全球性的,全球的,全球性inclusive包容性,包容性的,普惠性,普惠性的planetary行星,行星的,行星的人universal普及,普遍性,普遍,普遍的worldwide世界范围内,全球范围内,全世界,全世界范围内unifying统一,统一的,统一性,一体化

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : general; universal.
    • : pertaining to the whole Christian church.
    • : promoting or fostering Christian unity throughout the world.
    • : of or relating to a movement , especially among Protestant groups since the 1800s, aimed at achieving universal Christian unity and church union through international interdenominational organizations that cooperate on matters of mutual concern.
    • : interreligious or interdenominational: an ecumenical marriage.
    • : including or containing a mixture of diverse elements or styles; mixed: an ecumenical meal of German, Italian, and Chinese dishes.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.general
Synonyms
comprehensive全面,全面的,综合,综合性all-comprehensiveall-inclusive包罗万象,包罗万象的,全包式,无所不包all-pervadingcatholic天主教会,天主教徒,天主教,天主教的cosmic宇宙,宇宙的,宇宙性的,宇宙性cosmopolitan大都会,大都会的,都市人,世界性的global全球,全球性的,全球的,全球性inclusive包容性,包容性的,普惠性,普惠性的planetary行星,行星的,行星的人unifying统一,统一的,统一性,一体化universal普及,普遍性,普遍,普遍的worldwide世界范围内,全球范围内,全世界,全世界范围内

Examples

  • Neal is really a lovely and brilliant, gentle soul, and he’s a spiritual seeker also, although very ecumenical.

  • Küng moved to a different department at Tübingen as a professor of ecumenical theology and as director of the university’s Institute for Ecumenical Research.

  • Where are the Jewish leaders, who led an ecumenical campaign to free Soviet Jewry that inspired people all over the world?

  • To celebrate together, after 17centuries, the first truly ecumenical synod.

  • Benjamin Franklin believed in prayer but stressed the importance of ecumenical “public religion.”

  • In his majority opinion, Kennedy tried to argue that the court was merely upholding that ecumenical tradition.

  • When I commented that he was surprisingly ecumenical for an exorcist, he smiled.

  • There was also a guarantee of full liberty for future conclaves and ecumenical councils.

  • The constitutio de fide has been adopted by the Ecumenical Council, nemine contradicente.

  • Our present problems are said to be waiting for the next Ecumenical Council.

  • Why not call an ecumenical council, appoint a commission to see to such things, and then forget the sacrilege?

  • As an ecclesiastical title it was used to imply, not universal (ecumenical), but a great and widespread jurisdiction.

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