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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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)
His wisdom, order declares, which is the difference of virtues and vices, and the consociation of men by lawful governments and contracts ordained in wonderful wisdom.
From The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London by
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)
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.
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