How to Use ecumenical in a Sentence

ecumenical

adjective
  • Then as now, the pro-life movement took on an ecumenical tone.
    — Joseph S. Laughon, National Review, 10 Sep. 2020
  • The two spoke at length about the ecumenical mission and the promotion of peace through love.
    — Victor Gaetan, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2013
  • In part, that means being at least a little more ecumenical when vetting talent.
    — Frederick M. Hess, National Review, 23 May 2021
  • Over the years, the center became less wonky, but also less thoughtful and ecumenical.
    — Ronald Radosh, The New Republic, 5 May 2021
  • By most measurements, an enormous amount of ecumenical progress has been made, much of it in the last 75 years.
    — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Rushdie’s own insistence on the right to blaspheme has always been ecumenical.
    — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 23 Aug. 2022
  • He is haunted by a lifetime of encounters with savagery, some racist, some more ecumenical.
    — Richard Lipez, The Seattle Times, 17 Feb. 2018
  • And the placid and ecumenical urge, so appealing in more serene moments, can land differently in our own.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The two men signed a joint statement that was hailed by the Holy See at the time as a breakthrough in ecumenical relations.
    — Nicole Winfield, ajc, 4 May 2022
  • The school was created as an ecumenical school, inclusive of all faith traditions.
    — Brian Albrecht, cleveland, 1 Dec. 2019
  • But as Graham's ecumenical approach evolved, so would his response to politics and politicians.
    — David Briggs, cleveland.com, 21 Feb. 2018
  • The ecumenical spirit that inspired the building’s unique architecture lives on inside it.
    — Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Perhaps the readers best served by this book are the ecumenical music lovers who enjoy music through the centuries but who may be missing the context for their listening.
    — Martha Anne Toll, Washington Post, 17 June 2022
  • The day began with an ecumenical prayer service at First Christian Church in Frankfort.
    — Deborah Yetter, The Courier-Journal, 11 Dec. 2019
  • God Not embodied; holds to the ecumenical doctrine of the Trinity.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Nov. 2021
  • This is an ecumenical Christian group that includes the Catholic Latin patriarch of Jerusalem.
    — William McGurn, WSJ, 23 Oct. 2023
  • People of Praise is ecumenical but largely comprised of Catholics and is part of a broader movement of charismatic groups that have sprung up in the past few decades.
    — Christa Case Bryant, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2020
  • Parton’s influences through her career have proven nearly as ecumenical as the Rock Hall of Fame’s varied roster.
    — David Cantwell, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Tabakis lightly strums and plucks over a glowing drone and chattering birds, offering an ecumenical introduction, a smiling welcome.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 14 May 2026
  • Rumi, like Omar Khayyam, has become the warm and fuzzy ecumenical poet of choice for weddings, coming-of-age ceremonies and funerals.
    — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2017
  • The statement comes as part of the 2021 Season of Creation, an ecumenical push to protect and advocate for the whole of creation.
    — Elizabeth Fernandez, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2021
  • That’s what church congregations in New England and elsewhere have been told from the pulpit by advocates for the ecumenical Christian group.
    — Brian MacQuarrie, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2018
  • Trump wouldn’t even allow his party to write a platform of its views, normally an important way to craft an ecumenical set of beliefs and policies that unites the universe of Republicans.
    — Bruce Bartlett, The New Republic, 31 Aug. 2020
  • The other three were ecumenical and comfortable with the mainstream Republican and Democratic leaders of the time.
    — David A. Hollinger, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2019
  • Barber's ecumenical activist group, Repairers of the Breach, has crafted a letter to Trump asking to talk to him about voting rights and poverty and justice and health care.
    — Tommy Tomlinson, Esquire, 25 Apr. 2017
  • Maenza and Haider met for the first time in person at a reception following an ecumenical prayer service lamenting the reconversion of the Hagia Sophia into a mosque.
    — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 19 July 2021
  • The ecumenical organist has also served a Disciples of Christ congregation in Dallas.
    — Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Since the early 1960s, the bassist Buster Williams has positioned himself comfortably along the divide between swinging hard bop and ecumenical fusion.
    — New York Times, 7 June 2018
  • The couple also aims to build ecumenical and interfaith ties, working with different communities to promote harmony and understanding between different faiths.
    — Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The ecumenical March on Washington in August 1963 continues to be remembered because of the enormous scale of the pilgrimage, and also the timing.
    — Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025

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