ecumenical
adjective /ˌekjuːˈmenɪkl/, /ˌiːkjuːˈmenɪkl/
/ˌekjuːˈmenɪkl/
- involving or joining together members of different branches of the Christian Church
基督宗教合一的;大公的 - an ecumenical committee
普世委员会
Collocations DictionaryEcumenical is used with these nouns:- council
- movement
- theology
- …
词源late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘belonging to the universal Church’): via late Latin from Greek oikoumenikos from oikoumenē ‘the (inhabited) earth’. - an ecumenical committee