| slovo | definícia |
oecumenic
(encz) | oecumenic, adj: |
oecumenic
(wn) | oecumenic
adj 1: concerned with promoting unity among churches or
religions; "ecumenical thinking"; "ecumenical
activities"; "the ecumenical movement" [syn: ecumenic,
oecumenic, ecumenical, oecumenical] |
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oecumenical
(encz) | oecumenical,ekumenický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
ecumenic oecumenic ecumenical oecumenical
(gcide) | nonsectarian \nonsectarian\ adj.
not restricted to one sect or school or party; as, religious
training in a nonsectarian atmosphere; public funding is
restricted to nonsectarian colleges. Opposite of sectarian.
[Narrower terms: {ecumenic, oecumenic, ecumenical,
oecumenical}; interchurch, interdenominational;
nondenominational; {undenominational, unsectarian ]
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oecumenical
(gcide) | oecumenical \oec`u*men"ic*al\, a.
See Ecumenical.
[1913 Webster]Ecumenic \Ec`u*men"ic\, Ecumenical \Ec`u*men"ic*al\, a. [L.
oecumenicus, Gr. ? (sc. ?) the inhabited world, fr. ? to
inhabit, from o'i^kos house, dwelling. See Economy.]
General; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that which
concerns the whole church; as, an ecumenical council.
[Written also [oe]cumenical.]
[1913 Webster]
Ecumenical Bishop, a title assumed by the popes.
Ecumenical council. See under Council.
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oecumenical
(wn) | oecumenical
adj 1: concerned with promoting unity among churches or
religions; "ecumenical thinking"; "ecumenical
activities"; "the ecumenical movement" [syn: ecumenic,
oecumenic, ecumenical, oecumenical]
2: of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of
cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical
comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal
experience" [syn: cosmopolitan, ecumenical,
oecumenical, general, universal, worldwide, {world-
wide}] |
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