consociation

English

Etymology

From Latin consociatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA: kən.səʊ.siˈeɪ.ʃən

Noun

consociation (plural consociations)

1. Intimate union; fellowship; alliance; companionship; confederation; association; intimacy.

   Friendly consociation with your kindred elements.

2. 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 conferences.

Related terms

• consociate
• consociated

Derived terms

• consociationalism

References

• consociation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913