coition
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- coitional adjective
Etymology
Origin of coition
First recorded in 1535–45; from Latin coitiōn- (stem of coitiō ) “a coming together,” equivalent to coi-, variant stem of coīre “to come together” ( co- “together, with” + īre “to go”) + -tiōn- noun suffix; co-, -tion
Example Sentences
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Objection 1: It would seem that generation by coition would not have existed in the state of innocence.
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
Dogmat. xiv that "the rational soul is not engendered by coition."
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
For, if ever there is talk about magnetick attraction, we understand thereby magnetick coition, or a primary running together.
From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by Gilbert, William
Union with an armed Loadstone is stronger; hence greater weights are raised; but the coition is not stronger, but generally weaker.
From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by Gilbert, William
The motions of disjoined magnetical parts of the Earth, besides the motion of aggregation, are coition, revolution, and the direction of the parts to the whole, for harmony of form, and concordancy.
From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by Gilbert, William
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