ecumenicity

ecumenicity
/ek'yoo meuh nis"i tee, -me-/ or, esp. Brit., /ee"kyoo-/, n.
(in the Christian church) the state of being ecumenically united, esp. in furthering the aims of the ecumenical movement.
[1830-40; ECUMENIC + -ITY]

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