ecumenismn.
/ˈiːkjuːmənɪz(ə)m/, /ᵻˈkjuːmənɪz(ə)m/, /ɛˈkjuːmənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ɛˈkjuməˌnɪzəm/, /ˈɛkjəməˌnɪzəm/ The doctrine, or quality, of universality (esp. of the Christian church).
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > Catholicity > [noun]
universality1555
catholicness1605
catholicship1653
Catholicism1789
ecumenicity1840
catholicity1847
unsectarianism1866
ecumenicality1869
undenominationalism1883
ecumenicalism1888
ecumenism1948
ecumenics1982
1948 W. A. Visser 't Hooft in Univ. Church in God's Design iv. iv. 183 There is still in much of our present ecumenism a strong element of relativism.
1970 Daily Tel. 19 May 18 The cause of ecumenism has received no setback. It might indeed be enhanced, if the Archbishop [of Canterbury] were to receive and accept an invitation to be present in Rome at the canonisation ceremony.
Derivatives
ˈecumenist n.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > Catholicity > [noun] > person
catholicc1425
pan-Christian1847
unsectarian1847
undenominationalist1879
ecumaniac1963
ecumenist1964
1964 Economist 25 Jan. 315/2 Monsignor Cardinale is a noted ecumenist.
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n.1948