What does "graecity" mean?

Adoption of Greek naming and/or the Greek language.

What is a synonym for "graecity"?

Common synonyms include: hellenization.

Pronounced //ˈɡɹiːsɪtɪ//.

//ˈɡɹiːsɪtɪ// noun

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Noun

1
Adoption of Greek naming and/or the Greek language. obsolete, uncountable
"The territory and towns of Judæa…from the period of the Maccabees dated the era of their Græcity (suam receperunt Græcitatem)."
2
Greek (especially linguistically Greek) character or style. uncountable
"[Hebrew] now possesses a series of prefixes to translate such elements as mono-, di-, tri-, sur-, sub-, inter-, etc., partly even simulating the Latinity or Graecity of the European morphemes by using Aramaic elements."
3
Greek texts and other language materials, regarded as a corpus. collective, uncountable
"Special areas of the Greek lexicon were worked on by specialists; the graecity treated was exactly described: the complete lexicon of Greek, including inscriptions and papyri until and including the sixth century AD, was to be recorded."

"The territory and towns of Judæa…from the period of the Maccabees dated the era of their Græcity (suam receperunt Græcitatem)."

An adaptation of the Late Latin Graecitās (“the Greek language”).

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