ecumenical

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Chef/Puppet/CFEngine are more ecumenical even if Chef/Vagrant/rails is popular.

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concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions; "ecumenical thinking"; "ecumenical activities"; "the ecumenical movement"

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adjective

concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions; "ecumenical thinking"; "ecumenical activities"; "the ecumenical movement"

adjective

of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience"

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Core meanings and parts of speech for ecumenical.

adjective

concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions; "ecumenical thinking"; "ecumenical activities"; "the ecumenical movement"

See also: ecumenic, oecumenic, oecumenical

adjective

of worldwide scope or applicability; "an issue of cosmopolitan import"; "the shrewdest political and ecumenical comment of our time"- Christopher Morley; "universal experience"

Example sentences

Chef/Puppet/CFEngine are more ecumenical even if Chef/Vagrant/rails is popular.

Hinduism is not "an ecumenical blending of ancient practices".

Later ecumenical councils applied this regulation to the laity.

Many other things were up for dispute as well, such as the exact nature of Jesus, but these were ultimately ironed out under ecumenical councils which ratified certain dogmatic truths such as the Trinity.

>was wondering what you thought about Scala ?For my preference, I'd rather use Haskell or Clojure but, I appreciate the ecumenical attitude it brings to the table and I think it's an excellent choice for Java developers that want to grow and learn.

"The Manhattan Declaration is an ecumenical document promoting traditional marriage, the sanctity of human life and religious liberty.

They really do view all of that money which comes to them as being an entitlement which is already funded, and not part of an ecumenical system of money.> I have very clear memories of the political battles of the 1980s and 90s when my parents’ generation were in their prime working age.

And our children will live, Mr. Beale, to see that perfect world in which there's no war or famine, oppression or brutality -- one vast and ecumenical holding company, for whom all men will work to serve a common profit, in which all men will hold a share of stock, all necessities provided, all anxieties tranquilized, all boredom amused.—- From the movie Network, 1976

If you identify 'progressivism', 'environmentalism', etc., as lineal descendants of ecumenical Protestant Christianity—that is, when you see them as essentially religious movements—it is easy to understand the emergence of vegetarianism and especially veganism: they are the exact analogues of religious dietary laws.