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# ecumenism

«ecumenism» in Mova's school dictionary: **The movement or effort to bring different Christian…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (ecumenism, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (church) The movement or effort to bring different Christian churches together, so they understand each other, pray together and work together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ecumenism/#m1)

2) (wider sense) Friendship and cooperation between different religions or groups. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ecumenism/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In religion lessons ecumenism explains why Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox Christians might hold a shared service or work together on charity. The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is an ecumenical event. Phrases: «spirit of ecumenism», «ecumenical service», «ecumenical movement».

### examples

- Ecumenism means Christians from different churches working together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ecumenism/#x1)
- Our town held an ecumenical service on Good Friday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ecumenism/#x2)
- The two vicars believe strongly in ecumenism. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ecumenism/#x3)
- Ecumenism helps churches focus on what they share. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ecumenism/#x4)
- The Pope spoke about ecumenism and unity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ecumenism/#x5)
- The local food bank is run in a spirit of ecumenism. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ecumenism/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Adjective: ecumenical (ek-yoo-MEN-ical). Pronunciation: ee-KYOO-men-ism or ek-YOO-men-ism. Usually about Christian churches; for different faiths people say «interfaith».

### In the corpora

- [Ecumenism means churches working together and seeking unity, for example in shared services and charities.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/29-churches-of-the-english-speaking-world-ii/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ecumenism» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ecumenism/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.