consociation
[ kuhn-soh-see-ey-shuhn, -shee- ]
noun
the act of uniting in association.
an association of churches or religious orders.
Ecology. a climax community in which a single species is dominant.
Origin of consociation
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How to use consociation in a sentence
So that if this consociation of churches be called a church, it must be either equivocally or in a human sense.
A Christian Directory | Baxter RichardBut a consociation of churches hath no particular head as such, of divine institution, to constitute and govern them as one.
A Christian Directory | Baxter RichardOf the effect and purpose of this consociation no very definite explanation has so far been given to me.
The Manbos of Mindano | John M. Garvan
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