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Ecumenical
{
Ecˊu-men′ic
,Ecˊu-men′ic-al
, }Adj.
[L.
oecumenicus
, Gr. [GREEK] (sc. [GREEK]) the inhabited world, fr. [GREEK] to inhabit, from οἶκοσ
house, dwelling. See Economy
.] General; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that which concerns the whole church;
as, an
. ecumenical
council[Written also
œcumenical
.]