ecumenical

1. 1.

   concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions

   “ecumenical thinking”

   “ecumenical activities”

   “the ecumenical movement”

   Synonymsecumenicoecumenicoecumenical

   Similarnonsectarian
2. 2.

   of worldwide scope or applicability

   “an issue of cosmopolitan import”

   “the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time”

   “universal experience”

   Synonymscosmopolitanoecumenicalgeneraluniversalworldwideworld-wide

   Similarcomprehensive

Questions about ecumenical

What does ecumenical mean?

ecumenical means "concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ecumenical?

ecumenical has 5 syllables: ec-u-men-i-cal. The stress falls on "men". In IPA it is /ˌɛkjuˈmɛnɪkəl/.

What is another word for ecumenical?

Close synonyms include ecumenic, oecumenic, oecumenical, cosmopolitan, oecumenical. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ecumenical a common word?

ecumenical is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.