synœcismn.
/sɪˈniːsɪz(ə)m/ Ancient Greek History.
The union of several towns or villages into or under one capital city.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > centralized or regionalized systems > [noun] > centralism > type of
centralism1825
synœcism1898
democratic centralism1920
1898 J. B. Bury in Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 18 15 We would give much to know the details of..the synoecism of Messenia.
1902 E. Gardiner in Encycl. Brit. XXX. 529/2 When the town was first formed..by the ‘synœcism’ of the neighbouring villages.
Derivatives
synœcize v. /sɪˈniːsaɪz/ [ < Greek συνοικίζειν: see above] transitive to unite into or under one capital city.
/sɪˈniːsaɪz/ [ < Greek συνοικίζειν: see above] transitive to unite into or under one capital city.ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > centralized or regionalized systems > [verb (transitive)] > centralize > in ancient Greece
synœcize1886
1886 Eng. Historical Rev. 1 636 They always remained separate states and were never synoikised.
1887 A. Lang Myth, Ritual & Relig. I. 266 Legends..current before the villages were ‘synoecised’ into Athens.
1898 J. B. Bury in Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 18 16 If the only purpose of Megalopolis had been to synœcize the Maenalians and Parrhasians.
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