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- noun The belief that there should be better understanding and closer co-operation between different
denominations in theChristian Church .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity
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Examples
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They are lukewarm to the ecumenicalism of Interfaith Search Fiji and the Fiji Council of Churches.
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He was our Pentecostal Billy Graham, minus the presidential audiences and the ecumenicalism.
Today, God called Bro. Oral Roberts home « Dating Jesus 2009
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On the other hand, “ecumenicalism” (at a pretty broad level) is probably about right.
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Despite the humility and ecumenicalism of many of our spiritual teachers, we can see the political forces that are prompting Obama to constantly exalt his Christian faith at the expense of his father's Muslim heritage -- ones which make it nearly inconceivable that Obama would be calling for a revitalized office of faith-based programs if he was indeed a Muslim.
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Wounded pride also does the Devil's work on ecumenicalism.
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On the other hand, “ecumenicalism” at a pretty broad level is probably about right.
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That ecumenicalism can in some ways make it feel like a grab bag, but I also think it demonstrates forcefully and vividly how the environment of U.S. short fiction came to be what it was over the last ten years.
Decade: Some Books 2010
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I can be unshaven, hungover, coked-up, and in bed with a rent-boy and I can call the Dalai Lama to discuss progressive ecumenicalism and he will never know my true circumstances.
Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege 2009
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I hope to mirror Hank and Leila's core values: altruism, internationalism, and ecumenicalism.
Jim Luce: Leila Hadley Luce: The Last of the Great Luces? 2009
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I can be unshaven, hungover, coked-up, and in bed with a rent-boy and I can call the Dalai Lama to discuss progressive ecumenicalism and he will never know my true circumstances.
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