This week's theme: Miscellaneous words
ecumenical (ek-yoo-MEN-i-kuhl, ee-kyoo-) adjective
1. Having a mix of diverse elements.
2. Universal; general.
3. Pertaining to the whole Christian church; concerned with promoting unity
among churches or religions.
[From Latin oecumenicus (general, universal), from Greek oikoumenikos, from
oikein (to inhabit), from oikos (house). Ultimately from the Indo-European
root weik- (clan) that is also the forebear of vicinity, village, villa, and
villain (originally, a villain was a farm servant, one who lived in a villa
or a country house).]
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