ecumenism
英 [ɪ'kjuːmənɪz(ə)m]
美[ɪ'kjumənɪzəm]
- n. 泛基督教主义;普世教会主义
英英释义
- 1. (Christianity) the doctrine of the ecumenical movement that promotes cooperation and better understanding among different religious denominations: aimed at universal Christian unity
中文词源
ecumenism 基督教合一运动精神
来自词根ecu, 家,词源同ecology. 即成为一家的,后用于宗教术语。
英文词源
- ecumenism (n.)
- 1937, from ecumen- (see ecumenical) + -ism. The older word is ecumenicalism (1870).