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synœcism

synœcism is the alternative spelling of synoecism.

Meaning of synoecism

Noun

synoecism (plural synoecisms)

  1. (Ancient Greece) The unification of towns, tribes etc. under one capital city or polis.
    • They always remained separate states and were never synoikised.1886, English History Review, I, pg 636

Questions about synœcism

What is synœcism the alternative spelling of?
Synœcism is the alternative spelling of synoecism.

Words near synœcism in the dictionary

  1. synæsthesias
  2. synæsthesiæ
  3. synæsthete
  4. synæsthetes
  5. synæsthetic
  6. synœcism
  7. syon
  8. Syosset
  9. SYP
  10. syph
  11. syphaxin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: synœcism (page history and authors); synoecism (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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