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WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does World Council of Churches mean?
• WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES (noun)
The noun WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES has 1 sense:
1. an ecumenical organization of Protestant and eastern churches; intended to promote unity and cooperation in religious and secular matters
Familiarity information: WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ecumenical organization of Protestant and eastern churches; intended to promote unity and cooperation in religious and secular matters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("World Council of Churches" is a kind of...):
world council (a council with representatives from different nations)
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