consociation
English
Etymology
From Latin cōnsociātiō
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kən.səʊ.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kən.soʊ.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- Hyphenation: con‧so‧ci‧a‧tion
Noun
consociation (countable and uncountable, plural consociations)
- Intimate union; fellowship; alliance; companionship; confederation; association; intimacy.
- Friendly consociation with your kindred elements.
- A voluntary and permanent council or union of neighboring Congregational churches, for mutual advice and cooperation in ecclesiastical matters; a meeting of pastors and delegates from churches thus united.
- In Connecticut some of the Congregational churches are associated in consociations and the others in associations.
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References
- consociation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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