ecumene
noun/iːˈkjuː.mə.ni/
Etymology From Ancient Greek οἰκουμένη (oikouménē, “inhabited world”), from οἰκέω (oikéō, “I inhabit, dwell”), from οἶκος (oîkos, “residence”).
1
Archaic All known inhabited and civilized areas of the world.
Inherently emic
- 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.1969, Norton Ginsburg, edited by Joseph Kitagawa, Understanding Modern China, Quadrangle Books, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 59:
2
Lifestyle, Religion Unification of Christianity and of Christendom.
- Derived terms
- anecumene, ecumenism, ecumenopolis
- Related terms
- ecumenic, ecumenical, ecumenicalism, ecumenicism, ecumenism, ingroup, outgroup, outland, savage, savagery