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ecumenicalism

American  
[ek-yoo-men-i-kuh-liz-uhm, ee-kyoo-] / ˌɛk jʊˈmɛn ɪ kəˌlɪz əm, ˌi kjʊ- /

noun

  1. the doctrines and practices of the ecumenical movement.


Etymology

Origin of ecumenicalism

First recorded in 1945–50; ecumenical + -ism

Example Sentences

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At first, an early ecumenicalism and pull-together civic spirit for an emerging L.A. helped to welcome Jews in the city’s life.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2022

What is inarguable about “Old Town Road” is that it had genre breadth in its bones, the kind of multicultural ecumenicalism that makes its record-setting run at No. 1 seem inevitable.

From Slate • Jul. 29, 2019

“The message of ecumenicalism and sharing and caring is timeless,” said Mark S. Auerbach, a cousin of Rabbi Goode from Passaic, N.J.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2018

It helps, significantly, that I grew up in a relatively untroubled period in modern Catholicism — an era of post Vatican II ecumenicalism, progressivism and guitar masses.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2013

He characterizes Southern Baptism as "a healthy, wealthy young lady," wooed by ecumenicalism on one side, nondenominationalism on the other.

From Time Magazine Archive

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