ecumenicalの意味・使い方・発音

ecumenical

英 [,iːkjʊ'menɪk(ə)l; ek-] 美 [,ikju'mɛnɪkl]

ecumenical (adj.): late 16c., "representing the entire (Christian) world," formed in English as an ecclesiastical word, from Late Latin oecumenicus "general, universal," from Greek oikoumenikos "from the whole world," from he oikoumene ge "the inhabited world (as known to the ancient Greeks); the Greeks and their neighbors considered as developed human society (as opposed to barbarian lands)," in later use "the Roman world" and in the Christian sense in ecclesiastical Greek, from oikoumenos, present passive participle of oikein "inhabit," from oikos "house, habitation" (see villa). Related: Ecumenic.

1. He was deeply involved in the ecumenical movement.: 彼はキリスト教各派の大連合を促進する運動に積極的に参加した。

2.This example has been an inspiration to the modern Ecumenical Movement.: この事例は現代の汎キリスト教主義運動に示唆を与えている。

3.The lazy right-winger of caricarture has been a prolific and ecumenical policymaker.: 右翼市長ジョンソンは怠惰で滑稽だが、意思決定の成績は非常に豊富で、称賛されている。

4.The contradiction of ecumenical ethics and national ethics is very outstanding under a condition of globalization.: 要約グローバル化条件下では、普遍的倫理と民族倫理の矛盾が際立っている。

5.The ceiling is painted with frescos，among which the four larger-sized depict the ecumenical councils.: 屋上に壁画が描かれ、教会会議の様子が大きく4枚描かれている。