ecumenic

adjective

ec·​u·​men·​ic

variants or less commonly oecumenic

¦ekyə¦menik,

-nēk sometimes ¦ēk-

: ecumenical

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin oecumenicus, from Late Greek oikoumenikos, from Greek oikoumenē + -ikos -ic

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