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

Example Sentences

So that if this consociation of churches be called a church, it must be either equivocally or in a human sense.

From Project Gutenberg

But a consociation of churches hath no particular head as such, of divine institution, to constitute and govern them as one.

From Project Gutenberg

Of the effect and purpose of this consociation no very definite explanation has so far been given to me.

From Project Gutenberg

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