Ĕc'ū-mĕn'ic or Ĕc'ū-mĕn'ic-al, a.

a. [Lat. œcumenicus, Gr. οἰκουμενικός, belonging to the whole inhabited world, general, from οἰκουμένη (sc. γῆ), the inhabited world, from οἰκεῖν, to inhabit, from οἶκος, house, dwelling.] General; universal; as, an ecumenical council. [Written also œcumenical.]