consociation

[kuhn-soh-see-ey-shuhn, -shee-]

noun

1. the act of uniting in association.

2. an association of churches or religious orders.

3. Ecology.,  a climax community in which a single species is dominant.

Word History and Origins

Origin of consociation¹

1585–95; < Latin consociātiōn-, stem of consociātiō an associating; consociate, -ion

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• assistance 
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