multi-faithadj.
/ˌmʌltɪˈfeɪθ/, U.S. /ˌməltiˈfeɪθ/, /ˌməlˌtaɪˈfeɪθ/, /ˌməltəˈfeɪθ/; see also multi- comb. form. Designating a society, community, etc., in which several different religious faiths coexist.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > Catholicity > [adjective]
universal?a1425
catholicala1530
Catholic Church1559
ecumenical1570
ecumenic1588
schismless1641
unsectarian1847
oecumenian1865
undenominational1871
multi-faith1951
1951 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 57 95 These data..show merely the adjustment of those of different [religious] preference to a multifaith situation.
1969 Learning for Living Jan. 31/2 All the pupils..learn to live together in a multi-faith community.
1989 Independent 4 May 19/3 75 per cent of Muslim girls questioned were eager to be educated in multi-faith, multi-racial schools.
1998 Educ. Rev. 12 i. 94/1 Teaching RE has never been an easy option but in our present multi-faith society..it could so easily become a nightmare.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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