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oecumene

oecumene is the alternative form 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.

Forms of oecumene

pluraloecumenes

Questions about oecumene

What is oecumene the alternative form of?
Oecumene is the alternative form of ecumene.

Words near oecumene in the dictionary

  1. oecophorid
  2. oecophorids
  3. oecophorine
  4. OECs
  5. OECTA
  6. oecumene
  7. oecumenes
  8. oecumenic
  9. oecumenical
  10. oecumenical council
  11. oecumenical councils

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oecumene (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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