ecumaniacn.
/iːk(j)uːˈmeɪnɪak//ɛk(j)uːˈmeɪnɪak/ jocular and derogatory.
A zealous supporter of the ecumenical movement.
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1963 Maclean's 6 July 26/3 The ‘ecumaniacs’—as hostile religious separatists like to call them—have come to believe that it is their religious duty to break down the barriers between denominations.
1966 Glasgow Herald 29 July 4/3 Ecumaniacs favour a policy of unprincipled surrender all along the line.
1976 Church Times 31 Dec. 10/5 Those who had not previously had a genuine desire for unity with fellow-Christians..would not overnight have become ecumaniacs.
1986 Christian Order Feb. 75 They would be ecumaniacs, not ecumenists.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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