ecumene

Definitions

1. All known inhabited and civilized areas of the world.
   archaic
2. Unification of Christianity and of Christendom.

Equivalents

Examples

“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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