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† œˈcumenacy Obs. rare—1.
[irreg. f. Gr. οἰκουµένη (Romanized œcūmenē) the inhabited earth, the whole world + -acy as in episcopacy, papacy, primacy.]
The ecclesiastical primacy or supremacy of the world.
1646Chas. I in Cert. Relig. (1649) 45 When the Romane Monarck stretch'd forth his arms from East to West, he might make the Bishops of Roms œcumenacy as large as was his Empire. |