ecumenicity

[ ek-yoo-muh-nis-i-tee, -me-or, especially British, ee-kyoo- ]

noun

1. (in the Christian church) the state of being ecumenically united, especially in furthering the aims of the ecumenical movement.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ecumenicity¹

First recorded in 1830–40; ecumenic ( def ) + -ity

Example Sentences

The organized ecumenical movement seems to be on the back burner and ecumenicity is now taking place where Roman Catholics and Protestants share beliefs in matters like the Virgin Birth and the Resurrection of Christ.

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The Brethren call him "Mr. Ecumenicity," and he aptly symbolizes the council's current interest in church unity and building a more effective central machinery.

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At Baltimore's Selective Service office, a Roman Catholic priest and two laymen poured two pints of blood over 16 file drawers of records while a Protestant minister stood lookout; all four were arrested for their sanguinary ecumenicity and charged with mutilating public records.

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Van den Heuvel points out that most cases of interCommunion have taken place in situations of "secular ecumenicity," where Christians are working together to relate the church to social problems, and "there is nothing more normal than to express that unity in liturgical form."

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In this century the ideal of unity, of ecumenicity, has strongly reappeared.

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