oecumenical

British  

/ ˌiːkjʊˈmɛnɪkəl /

adjective

1. a less common spelling of ecumenical

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Example Sentences

The Eastern Church were very civil to us, and the reception at the Phanar at Constantinople by the Oecumenical Patriarch, the Archbishop of Constantinople, Dionysius V., in Synod was striking.

From The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 by Gwynn, Stephen Lucius

In 1870 she obtained recognition as a nationality in the Ottoman Empire, her Church being detached from the control of the Oecumenical Patriarch of the Greeks and placed under an Exarch.

From The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey by Forbes, Nevill

The Oecumenical Conference did not aim at determining any debated condition of Church membership, or at defining any controverted doctrine, or settling any question of ritual; it met for consultative, not legislative purposes.

From Great Britain and Her Queen by Keeling, Annie E.

In the first place, the idea of calling an Oecumenical Council had been much in the air.

From England under the Tudors by Innes, Arthur D. (Arthur Donald)

It is unlawful to appeal from his judgments to an Oecumenical Council, as if to an earthly arbiter superior to him.

From History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science by Draper, John William