Ecumenical



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 世界范围的, 一般的
• ［类］ ecumenical : generality / entire : integrity ( 一般的有一般性 / 完整的有完整性) 反义词: diocesan ( 主教管区的)
• ??1. worldwide or general in extent, influence, or application
• ??2.
• ????a. of, relating to, or representing the whole of a body of churches
• ????b. promoting or tending toward worldwide Christian unity or cooperation
• ??+ ecumenically adverb

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Late Latin oecumenicus, from Late Greek oikoumenikos, from Greek oikoumenē the inhabited world, from feminine of oikoumenos, present passive participle of oikein to inhabit, from oikos house — more at vicinity
• Date: circa 1587
• 1. worldwide or general in extent, influence, or application
• 2.
  • a. of, relating to, or representing the whole of a body of churches
  • b. promoting or tending toward worldwide Christian unity or cooperation
• ? ecumenically adverb

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