ecumenical council en · NOUN
Etymology
Calque of Ecclesiastical Latin oecūmenicum concilium.
Meanings
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A church council to which bishops from the entire world are invited, held by Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christians to be infallible in its decisions on faith and morals when certain conditions are met.
[…] in 1215, the Maronite patriarch visited Rome and participated in an ecumenical council.
2016, David S. Sorenson, An Introduction to the Modern Middle East: History, Religion, Political Economy, Politics, 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 80:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ecumenical councils | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| oecumenical council | alternative | lexicographic | |
| œcumenical council | alternative | lexicographic |
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Translations (7)
ar مَجْمَع مَسْكُونِيّ (universal church council) · de ökumenisches Konzil (universal church council) · pl sobór powszechny (universal church council) · hu egyetemes zsinat (universal church council) · ro conciliu ecumenic (universal church council) · fr concile œcuménique (universal church council) · la concilium oecūmenicum (universal church council)