compages

/ kəmˈpeɪdʒiːz /

noun

1. functioning as singular a structure or framework

Word History and Origins

Origin of compages¹

C17: from Latin, from com- together + pag-, from pangēre to fasten

Example Sentences

Octingentorum annorum fortuna disciplinaque compages hc coaluit, qu convelli sine exitio convellentium non potest.

From Project Gutenberg