Senior military rank, the ascending grades being major general, lieutenant general, and general. The US rank of general of the army is equivalent to the British field marshal.
OECUMENICAL (through the Lat. from Gr. oiKOVµevcK6s, universal, belonging to the whole inhabited world, i oiKov/2 v l sc. yij, obi€ v, to dwell), a word chiefly used in the ...
Adj. 1. oecumenical - concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions; "ecumenical thinking"; "ecumenical activities"; "the ecumenical movement"
ecumenical council. Meeting of church leaders worldwide to determine Christian doctrine; their results are binding on all church members. Seven such councils are accepted as ...
The General Councils of the Church Introduction This article reviews the twenty-one Councils generally accepted as being Oecumenical by the Roman Jurisdiction.
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