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oecumenical

British  
/ ˌiːkjʊˈmɛnɪkəl /

adjective

  1. a less common spelling of ecumenical

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And although the oracle no longer wielded an oecumenical primacy, its antiquities and its claims to inspiration evidently attracted many curious inquirers.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

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

During this time the council of Basel, though abandoned by Cesarini and most of its members, persisted none the less, under the presidency of Cardinal Aleman, in affirming its oecumenical character.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various

The council of Pisa in 1409: it is not reverenced as an oecumenical one; it nevertheless, in deposing.

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