interconfessional

[ in-ter-kuhn-fesh-uh-nl ]

adjective

1. common to or occurring between churches having different confessions.

Word History and Origins

Origin of interconfessional¹

First recorded in 1890–95; inter- + confessional

Example Sentences

Habecker said that he was just trying to make the board more “interconfessional.”

From Salon

“When officials interfere with church affairs, expect trouble, expect tension and interconfessional conflicts,” leader Yuriy Boyko told Reuters.

From Reuters

"This wrongdoing serves the interests of those powers that are not seeking peace but persistently seek to sow the seeds of interconfessional and civilian conflict on Syrian soil," the foreign ministry said.

From Reuters

By a great international and interconfessional meeting at Brighton, lasting for ten days, in June, 1875, at which many German pastors, induced by the payment of travelling expenses, were present, the crown was put upon the work.

From Project Gutenberg

It is in large part the eager appetency for some manifestation of interconfessional fellowship that has hastened the acceptance of such organizations as the Young Men's Christian Association and the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor; just as, on the other hand, it is the conscientious fear, on the part of watchful guardians of sectarian interests, that habitual fellowship across the boundary lines of denominations may weaken the allegiance to the sect, which has induced the many attempts at substituting associations constituted on a narrower basis.

From Project Gutenberg