English

Adjective

œcumenic ‎(not comparable)

1. 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.

Derived terms

• œcumaniac
• œcumenical
• œcumenics

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References

1. 1 2 “ecumenic, œcumenic, a.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)