oecumenical
Britishadjective
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They are oecumenical, national, or provincial, according as the bishops assembled represented the whole Church, a merely national one, or a provincial section of it.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin
Council of the Lateran, 11th oecumenical, in 1179.
From The Power Of The Popes by Daunou, Pierre Claude Fran?ois
The council of Basle in 1431: theologians declare it oecumenical to its twenty-fifth session only; it held forty-five.
From The Power Of The Popes by Daunou, Pierre Claude Fran?ois
Before the form of the provincial synod had become absolutely fixed, there arose in the 4th century the oecumenical council.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
Second Council of Nice, 7th oecumenical, in 787.
From The Power Of The Popes by Daunou, Pierre Claude Fran?ois
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