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ecumenic
adjective
ec·u·men·ic
\¦ekyə¦menik, -nēk sometimes ¦ēk-\
variants: less commonly
oecumenic
\¦ekyə¦menik, -nēk sometimes ¦ēk-\Definition of ecumenic
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Origin and Etymology of ecumenic
Late Latin oecumenicus, from Late Greek oikoumenikos, from Greek oikoumenē + -ikos -ic
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