Origin: Latin suffix -al
Ecumenical has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions
"ecumenical thinking"
"ecumenical activities"
"the ecumenical movement"
of worldwide scope or applicability
"an issue of cosmopolitan import"
"the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"
"universal experience"
Pertaining to the universal Church, representing the entire Christian world; interdenominational; sometimes by extension, interreligious.
"The ecumenical council gathered bishops from dozens of different denominations to discuss shared doctrines and unite their efforts."