ecumene
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editFrom Ancient Greek οἰκουμένη (oikouménē, “inhabited world”), from οἰκέω (oikéō, “I inhabit, dwell”), from οἶκος (oîkos, “residence”).
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ecumene
- (obsolete, inherently emic) All known inhabited and civilized areas of the world.
- Near-synonym: civilization
- 1969, Norton Ginsburg, edited by Joseph Kitagawa, Understanding Modern China[1], Quadrangle Books, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 59:
- Ninety-five per cent of the cultivated area of the country lies east of a line drawn from Tsitsihar (Ch'i-ch'i-ha-erh) in northern Manchuria to K'un-ming in Yün-nan Province. This is eastern China, and within it is the Chinese ecumene.
- (religion) Unification of Christianity and of Christendom.
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editBorrowed from Ancient Greek οἰκουμένη (oikouménē, “inhabited world”), from οἰκέω (oikéō, “I inhabit, dwell”), from οἶκος (oîkos, “residence”).
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editecumene f (plural ecumeni)
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