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Adjective: ecumenical  ,e-kyu'me-ni-kul
  1. Concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions
    "ecumenical activities"; "the ecumenical movement"; "ecumenical thinking";
    - ecumenic, oecumenic [archaic], oecumenical [archaic]
     
  2. Of worldwide scope or applicability
    "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time";
    - cosmopolitan, oecumenical [archaic], general, universal, worldwide, world-wide, global

See also: comprehensive, nonsectarian, unsectarian

Encyclopedia: Ecumenical