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œcumene

œcumene is the archaic spelling of ecumene.

Meaning of ecumene

Noun

ecumene (plural ecumenes)

  1. (archaic, inherently emic) All known inhabited and civilized areas of the world.
    • Near-synonym: civilization
    Synonyms:
    civilization
  2. Unification of Christianity and of Christendom.

Words formed from œcumene

Questions about œcumene

What is œcumene the archaic spelling of?
Œcumene is the archaic spelling of ecumene.

Words near œcumene in the dictionary

  1. œconomized
  2. œconomizes
  3. œconomizing
  4. œconomy
  5. œcophobia
  6. œcumene
  7. œcumenic
  8. œcumenical
  9. œcumenical council
  10. œcumenical councils
  11. œcumenicity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: œcumene (page history and authors); ecumene (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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