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Old Church Slavonic
Etymology
From въселенъ (vŭselenŭ). Calque of Ancient Greek οἰκουμένη (oikouménē).
Noun
въселѥнаꙗ • (vŭseljenaja) f
- inhabited world, ecumene
- “ⰲⱐⱄⰵⰾⰵⱀⱘⱙ (leaf 136.5, line 8)”, in Codex Zographensis (in Old Church Slavonic), National Library of Russia, 1000±33, page Lk:2:1:
Бꙑстъ же въ дьни тꙑ · ꙇ҅зиде повелѣние · о꙼тъ к҄есара а꙼въгꙋста · написати вьсѫ вьсел҄енѫѭ ·- Now it happened in those days (that) a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to take a census of (literally, “write down”) the entire inhabited world.
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