CONSOCIATION


Meaning of CONSOCIATION in English

/keuhn soh'see ay"sheuhn, -shee-/ , n.

1. the act of uniting in association.

2. an association of churches or religious orders.

3. Ecol. a climax community in which a single species is dominant.

[ 1585-95; consociation-, s. of consociatio an associating; see CONSOCIATE, -ION ]

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