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English noun: ecumenical council

1. ecumenical council (group) (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


SamplesThe first seven councils through 787 are considered to be ecumenical councils by both the Roman Catholic church and the Eastern Orthodox church but the next fourteen councils are considered ecumenical only by the Roman Catholic church.


Broader (hypernym)council


Narrower (hyponym)Chalcedon, Constantinople, Constantinople, Constantinople, Council of Chalcedon, Council of Ephesus, Ephesus, First Council of Constantinople, First Council of Nicaea, Nicaea, Nicaea, Second Council of Constantinople, Second Council of Nicaea, Third Council of Constantinople









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