consociation
Americannoun
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the act of uniting in association.
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an association of churches or religious orders.
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Ecology. a climax community in which a single species is dominant.
Etymology
Origin of consociation
1585–95; < Latin consociātiōn-, stem of consociātiō an associating; consociate, -ion
Example Sentences
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His own line was the axiom of his moral existence, his political creed:—"A thing of beauty is a joy forever"; and I can fancy no coarser consociation able to win him from this faith.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 by Various
In other parts of the New Testament we may discern traces of consociation among the primitive Churches.
From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by Killen, W. D. (William Dool)
And, now and then, it has beautiful glimpses of the consociation of spirits according to spiritual affinities.
From The Wedding Guest by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
"You are in such evil consociation," whispered a voice within him.
From The Lights and Shadows of Real Life by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
Connecticut, founded, 104; New Haven united to, 106; takes initiative in forming New England Confederation, 106, 107; frontier, settlements in, 174; "consociation" in, 190, 195.
From Beginnings of the American People by Dodd, William E.
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