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ecumenical movement

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English

Syllables
ec-u-meni-cal -move-ment
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a movement among Protestant groups since the 1800s aimed at achieving universal Christian unity through international or interdenominational organizations. There are also Ecumenical Councils in the Roman Catholic church; since the Great Schism (1054), the Eastern churches have not been involved.

Frequently Paired Words

ecumene ecumenic ecumenical ecumenicalism ecumenicism ecumenism

Questions

What does ecumenical movement mean?
a movement among Protestant groups since the 1800s aimed at achieving universal Christian unity through international or interdenominational organizations. There are also Ecumenical Councils in the Roman Catholic church; since the Great Schism (1054), the Eastern churches have not been involved.

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