EGAVE

consociation

About 0.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Associating, or coming together in a union; an instance of this.
  2. noun Intimate companionship or fellowship; an instance of this.
  3. noun A confederation of Christian churches or organizations. A voluntary, permanent council made up of representatives of neighbouring Congregational churches for mutual advice and co-operation in ecclesiastical matters; also, 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.
  4. noun A voluntary, permanent council made up of representatives of neighbouring Congregational churches for mutual advice and co-operation in ecclesiastical matters; also, 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.
  5. noun A subdivision of an association, made up chiefly of organisms of a single species.
  6. noun A power-sharing arrangement over territory entered into by competing groups.
  7. noun An alliance; a confederation.

Similar words

association consocies counion conjunction conjuncture concomitance concorporation consortship conjointness pairing

Often followed by

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Word family

consociational consociations

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