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; see 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
A competent scholar, in recognising this consociation of Hebrew religion with the moon's phases, rightly ascribes to it an earlier origin.
From Moon Lore by Harley, Timothy
During the course of the night the two souls are supposed to enter into mystic consociation with the babe, and thenceforth to be its companions.
From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by Garvan, John M.
Of the effect and purpose of this consociation no very definite explanation has so far been given to me. 24In stature they are described as being somewhat smaller.
From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by Garvan, John M.
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)
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