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World′ Coun′cil of Church′es, 
  1. an ecumenical organization formed in 1948 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, comprising more than 160 Protestant and Eastern churches in over 48 countries, for the purpose of cooperative, coordinated action in theological, ecclesiastical, and secular matters.

'World Council of Churches' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ecumenical

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