ecumenical
adjective
general; universal.
ecumenically
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a word derived from
ecumenical.
Example Sentences
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While the evangelical followers of Presidents George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan occasionally deployed such apocalyptic language, Bush and Reagan themselves were careful to speak more ecumenically.
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2025
Hans’ stocks German honey and marmalade, with some French preserves ecumenically included, above shelves of mixes for potato dumplings, rösti, spaetzle.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
Cinema is our penicillin and these movies are so grotesquely un-PC, so ecumenically offensive yet so wantonly funny, they might nudge L.A. back into being “a great crowd.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2020
It is time for Labour to stop refighting ancient wars and focus ecumenically on the radical and real task in hand.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 4, 2018
The premise is that Santa Claus and a bunch of other ecumenically mythical beings — principally the Easter Bunny, the Sandman and the Tooth Fairy — are the guardians of the magical state of childhood.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2012
