Definition of ECUMENICAL

ecumenical

Adjective Satellite

  • concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions
    • "ecumenical thinking"
    • "ecumenical activities"
    • "the ecumenical movement"
  • of worldwide scope or applicability; ; - Christopher Morley
    • "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"

Adj

  • Pertaining to the universal Church, representing the entire Christian world; interdenominational; sometimes by extension, interreligious.
  • General; universal; catholic; worldwide.

Origin / Etymology

From ecumenic + -al. By surface analysis, ecumene + -ical.

Scrabble Score: 16

ecumenical: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
ecumenical: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ecumenical: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 22

ecumenical: valid Words With Friends Word