ecumenical council

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noun

a solemn assembly in the Roman Catholic Church, convoked and presided over by the pope and composed of cardinals, bishops, and certain other prelates whose decrees, when confirmed by the pope, become binding.

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Words nearby ecumenical council

Ecua., Ecuador, Ecuadorean, ecumene, ecumenical, ecumenical council, ecumenicalism, ecumenical movement, ecumenical patriarch, ecumenicism, ecumenicist

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How to use ecumenical council in a sentence

In secret, before the referendum, the council went ahead and fluoridated the water anyway.
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A spokesman for Lewisham council said last year that it would be forced to act if the family returned to Britain.
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Haringey Council told The Daily Beast that the children had not been taken permanently into state care.
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Kirill represented the Moscow Patriarchate at the World Council of Churches in the early 1970s.
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Thinking there was another way, I met a few times with the president of the Interfraternity Council.
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The council of Trent was prorogued for two years; it did not assemble again until 1562.
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For a "cold collation on the occasion of the audit" our Council always allows 10.
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By the last-mentioned staircase access is obtained by the general public to the Council Chamber.
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The royal Audiencia has investigated this matter, on petition of the cabildo, in order to refer it to that royal council.
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Old feuds were settled in the old way and six inches of steel were more potent than the longest Order in Council.
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British Dictionary definitions for ecumenical council

ecumenical council

noun

an assembly of bishops and other ecclesiastics representative of the Christian Church throughout the world. Roman Catholic canon law states that an ecumenical council must be convened by the pope

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