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synœcism Gr. Antiq.|sɪˈniːsɪz(ə)m|
Also synoik-.
[ad. Gr. συνοικισµός, n. of action f. συνοικίζειν to cause to dwell with, to unite under one capital city, f. σύν syn-1 + οἰκίζειν to found as a colony, to colonize, f. οἶκος house.]
The union of several towns or villages into or under one capital city. So synœcize |sɪˈniːsaɪz| v. [ad. Gr. συνοικίζειν: see above], trans. to unite into or under one capital city.
1886Eng. Hist. Rev. I. 636 They always remained separate states and were never synoikised. 1887A. Lang Myth, Ritual & Relig. I. 266 Legends..current before the villages were ‘synoecised’ into Athens. 1898J. B. Bury in Jrnl. Hellenic Studies XVIII. 15 We would give much to know the details of..the synoecism of Messenia. Ibid. 16 If the only purpose of Megalopolis had been to synœcize the Maenalians and Parrhasians. 1902E. Gardiner in Encycl. Brit. XXX. 529/2 When the town was first formed..by the ‘synœcism’ of the neighbouring villages. |