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 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
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 Timothy Harley
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 W. D. (William Dool) Killen
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
Each religious society could choose and ordain its own minister, or dispense with all ordaining services at will, without the slightest aid or hindrance from council or consociation.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 by Various
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