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protoecumenical en · ADJ

Etymology

From proto- + ecumenical.

Meanings

1. Beginning or leading up to the ecumenical movement in Christianity.
   • This supremely decadent rite, apparently intended as a protoecumenical bonding ceremony, only succeeded in creating a scandal for its esotericism, anti-Semitic overtones, and its utter pointlessness. 2006, Robert Bird, The Russian Prospero: The Creative Universe of Viacheslav Ivanov, page 12:
   • In the protoecumenical world of the late 19th century, it seems to me, American protestants in particular were in general agreement concerning the tasks of church work. 1978, Appalachian Notes, volume 6, numbers 1-4, page 51:

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