concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions
<adj.all> ecumenical thinking ecumenical activities the ecumenical movement
of worldwide scope or applicability
<adj.all> an issue of cosmopolitan import the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time universal experience
OEcumenical \[OE]c`u*men"ic*al\, a. See {Ecumenical}.
Ecumenic \Ec`u*men"ic\, Ecumenical \Ec`u*men"ic*al\, a. [L. oecumenicus, Gr. ? (sc. ?) the inhabited world, fr. ? to inhabit, from o'i^kos house, dwelling. See {Economy}.] General; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that which concerns the whole church; as, an ecumenical council. [Written also {[oe]cumenical}.]
{Ecumenical Bishop}, a title assumed by the popes.