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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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)
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
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)
As yet, there was no sign nor line of dissipation marked upon her piquant face, nor in her consociation with Jimmy was there ever the slightest reference to or reminder of her vocation.
From The Efficiency Expert by Burroughs, Edgar Rice
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