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ecumenical, œcumenical, a.|iːkjuːˈmɛnɪkəl, ɛ-|
Also 7 erron. œco-.
[f. as ecumenic a. + -al1.]
1. Eccl. Belonging to or representing the whole (Christian) world, or the universal church; general, universal, catholic; spec. applied to the general councils of the early church, and (in mod. use) of the Roman Catholic Church (and hence occas. to a general assembly of some other ecclesiastical body); also assumed as a title by the Patriarch of Constantinople; formerly sometimes applied to the Pope of Rome.
1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1596) 8 That anie one bishop aboue the rest had the name of œcumenicall, or uniuersall, or head..that is not to be found. 1624Hayward Suprem. Relig. 53 John Bishop of Constantinople..assumed the title of Oecumenicall, or universal Bishop. 1633Prynne 1st Pt. Histrio-M. vii. iii. 643 By the expresse resolution of all these severall Councels, whereof one is œcumenicall. 1673Marvell Reh. Transp. II. 409 You imagined the whole world had been of that mind, and 'twould pass for œcumenical Doctrine. 1845Encycl. Metrop. XVIII. 387/2 Ecumenical. 1861Stanley East. Ch. i. (1869) 19 These Oriental Councils were ‘general’—were ‘Oecumenical’ in a sense which fairly belonged to none besides. 1864J. H. Newman Apol. 396 It is to the Pope in Ecumenical Council that we look, as to the normal seat of Infallibility. 1881(title) Proceedings of the Œcumenical Methodist Conference. 1887Heard Russian Ch. iv. 63 That the first œcumenical prelate of the Church was the patriarch of Constantinople, the second the patriarch of Alexandria. 1941W. Temple Citizen & Churchman v. 87 What is known as the Ecumenical Movement represents a movement of the spirit.
2. gen. Belonging to the whole world; universal, general, world-wide.
1607J. King Serm. Novemb. 13 This epidemical and œcumenical contagion. a1638Mede Wks. (1672) 627 This was the Oecumenical Philosophy of the Apostles times and of the times long before them. 1681H. More Exp. Dan. iv. Notes 123 That Oecumenical Tax appointed by Augustus. 1869Lecky Europ. Mor. I. i. 160 No other literature exhibits so expansive and œcumenical a genius [as the French]. 1882W. H. Mallock Soc. Equal. viii. 213 Our œcumenical commerce.
Hence ecuˈmenicalism, the theological system or doctrine of the ecumenical councils; ecumeniˈcality = ecumenicity; ecuˈmenically adv., in an ecumenical way, in relation to the whole world, universally.
1888Chicago Advance 10 May 290 Three strata, Œcumenicalism, Augustinianism, Evangelicalism. 1949Theology LII. 15 To endeavour along the lines of a misconceived ecumenicalism to smooth out these differences. 1869in Echo 29 July, It will not be an Œcumenical Council... The primary essence of Œcumenicality is wanting to it—viz., a delegation from all Churches. Half Christendom will hold aloof from it. a1751Bolingbroke Ess., Author. Relig. Wks. 1754 IV. 349 The church oecumenically assembled. 1876Draper Confl. Relig. & Sc. xii. 341 The papacy is administered not œcumenically, not as a universal Church, for all nations. |