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1. A movement promoting union between religions (especially between Christian churches)
   - oecumenism
    
2. (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity
   - ecumenicism, ecumenicalism

Derived forms: ecumenisms

See also: ecumenic

Type of: church doctrine, creed, front, gospel, movement, religious doctrine, social movement

Encyclopedia: Ecumenism