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noun
Associating, or coming together in a union; (countable) an instance of this.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Intimate companionship or fellowship; (countable) an instance of this.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
A confederation of Christian churches or organizations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: Christianity
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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, specifically, uncountable
Qualifier: Congregationalism
Topics: Christianity
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noun
A subdivision of an association, made up chiefly of organisms of a single species.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences
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noun
A power-sharing arrangement over territory entered into by competing groups.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: government, politics
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noun
An alliance; a confederation.
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Usage: countable, obsolete
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History
PIE word *ḱóm Borrowed from Latin cōnsociātiōnem, the accusative singular of cōnsociātiō (“alliance; association, union”), from cōnsociō (“to make common; to associate; to connect, join (in), unite; to agree with; to share”) + -tiō (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or the results of actions). Cōnsociō is derived from con- (prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several things) + sociō (“to ally, associate; to join, unite; to share in”) (from socius (“associated; joining in, sharing, partaking; akin, kindred, related; allied, confederate, leagued, united”, adjective), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekw- (“to follow”)).
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