Ecumene (also spelled œcumene or oikoumene) is a term originally used in the Greco-Roman world to refer to the inhabited universe (or at least the known part of it). The term derives from the Greek οἰκουμένη (oikouménē, the feminine present middle participle of the verb οἰκέω, oikéō, `to inhabit`), short for οἰκουμέ
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(from the article `Middle Eastern religion`) The ancient Middle East constituted an ecumene. The term ecumene comes from the Greek word oikoumen, which means the inhabited world and designates a ...
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