ecumenism
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of ecumenism
First recorded in 1965–70; ecumen(ic) ( def. ) + -ism
Example Sentences
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Hovorun, now a professor of ecclesiology, international relations and ecumenism at University College Stockholm, said Kirill took Putin’s talk of being a believer with a grain of salt.
From Seattle Times • May 21, 2022
Le Monde newspaper said the proposals had led to a fierce battle within the French Catholic Church between “advocates of modernity and ecumenism and the guardians of a nostalgic conservatism.”
From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2021
Stores took various approaches to doctrinal strictness, but given that they were for-profit businesses, most erred toward as much ecumenism as their audiences would allow.
From Slate • Jul. 11, 2019
On Thursday, top German bishops—including Cardinals Marx and Woelki—were in Rome to make their cases to the Vatican’s offices for doctrine, ecumenism and church law.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2018
Indeed, it is the real source of the remarkable movement towards ecumenism by which members of historically antagonistic religions and sects seem irresistibly drawn towards one another.
From The Promise of World Peace by Universal House of Justice
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