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ecumenical council

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English

Syllables
ec-u-meni-cal -coun-cil
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A church council to which bishops from the entire world are invited, held by Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christians to be infallible in its decisions on faith and morals when certain conditions are met.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Calque of Ecclesiastical Latin oecūmenicum concilium.

Inflected Forms

ecumenical councils (plural) oecumenical council (alternative) œcumenical council (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

conciliarism episcopacy

Questions

What does ecumenical council mean?
A church council to which bishops from the entire world are invited, held by Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christians to be infallible in its decisions on faith and morals when certain conditions are met.
Where does ecumenical council come from?
Calque of Ecclesiastical Latin oecūmenicum concilium.

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