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ecumenicity, œcumenicity|iːkjuːmɪˈnɪsɪtɪ, ɛ-|
[ad. eccles. med.L. œcūmenicitās, f. œcūmenic-us: see prec. and -ity. Cf. F. œcuménicité (1752 in Dict. Trévoux).]
Ecumenical character; universality, catholicity.
1840Gladstone Ch. Princ. 510 It is..the supposed ecumenicity of the council, which renders it binding on their conscience. 1867Contemp. Rev. V. 454 He destroyed the œcumenicity and authority of Trent. 1882–3Schaff Encycl. Rel. Kn. III. 2448/2 The disputed oecumenicity of the reformatory councils of Pisa, Constance, and Basel. 1963T. Ware Orthodox Church xii. 257 The ecumenicity of a council cannot be decided by outward criteria alone. |