ecumene
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 7
Definition of ecumene
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(archaic)All known inhabited and civilized areas of the world.
“Near-synonym: civilization”
“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.”
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noun
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(archaic)All known inhabited and civilized areas of the world.
“Near-synonym: civilization”
“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.”
- Unification of Christianity and of Christendom.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek οἰκουμένη (oikouménē, “inhabited world”), from οἰκέω (oikéō, “I inhabit, dwell”), from οἶκος (oîkos, “residence”).
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