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What does ecumenical mean?

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  1. (ecclesiastical) Pertaining to the universal Church, representing the entire Christian world; interdenominational; sometimes by extension, interreligious. [from 16th c.]
  2. General, universal, worldwide. [from 17th c.]
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The Queen marked her Golden Jubilee yesterday with the first-ever ecumenical church service at St George's Chapel, Windsor.
In many churches this ecumenical thrust is being fueled by a counterfeit of the charismatic gifts of the early church.
Having evolved into an ecumenical organisation, the chaplaincy is now multi-faith in nature.
It was the first ecumenical meeting on poverty that helped to lay down the groundwork for future church coalitions.
Even when we celebrate the sacraments in our separate denominational settings, we are doing very ecumenical things.
These different views as to the nature of the church represent the most challenging subject in ecumenical discussion.

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