ecumenics
- noun
- /ˌɛkjuˈmɛnɪks/
- Specialized
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ecumenics
- The seminary offers a course in ecumenics that examines historical and contemporary efforts toward church cooperation.
Examples
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She taught her introductory ecumenics course rather like a mystery novel—and I later learned from her that she loved crime fiction.
Academic text (2015) -
The conference on ecumenics brought together leaders from various Christian denominations to discuss ways to promote unity.
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She wrote a book about ecumenics, focusing on the importance of dialogue between different faith traditions.
Synonyms
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Effort to make different Christian churches and sometimes other religions work together
A belief in different Christian churches working together to become one
An effort to make different Christian churches work together and understand each other
Surface Forms
Morphology
ecumenics = ecumenism (semi-transparent) = ecumen + ics
The formation from the noun 'ecumenism' into a field-of-study term marked by the suffix '-ics' is a recognizable derivation for learners familiar with the base.
Etymology
Ecumenics comes from the Greek oikoumenē, which means 'the inhabited world', and is the same root as ecumenical, meaning 'for all churches'. So, ecumenics is the study or work that helps different Christian churches come together and cooperate.