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Ecumenical council

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A church council to which bishops from the entire world are invited, held by Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christians to be infallible in its decisions on faith and morals when certain conditions are met.

    "[…] in 1215, the Maronite patriarch visited Rome and participated in an ecumenical council."

  2. 2
    (early Christian church) one of seven gatherings of bishops from around the known world under the presidency of the Pope to regulate matters of faith and morals and discipline wordnet

Etymology

Calque of Ecclesiastical Latin oecūmenicum concilium.

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