CONSOCIATION


Meaning of CONSOCIATION in English

kənˌsōsēˈāshən, (ˈ)kän| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷, -oshē- noun

( -s )

Etymology: Latin consociation-, consociatio, from consociatus + -ion-, -io -ion

1.

a. : the act of uniting in fellowship or association

the possibility of friendly consociation with the countess — Carl Van Vechten

b. archaic : intimate or close association : alliance , confederation

consociation with God

to enter into a consociation with friendly countries

2. : an association or confederation of churches or religious societies: as

a.

(1) : a voluntary council or union of neighboring Congregational churches for cooperation in ecclesiastical matters

(2) : a standing council with disciplinary authority composed of the ministers and representative laymen in a district in Connecticut Congregationalism

b. : the union of churches on a Presbyterian basis among English Puritans

3.

a. : a community within an ecological association having a single dominant which is usually one of the dominants of the association

a sugar-maple consociation in a beech-maple association

— compare faciation

b. : an association having a single dominant

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.