The Collaborative International Dictionary
Consociation \Con*so`ci*a"tion\, n. [L. consociatio.]
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Intimate union; fellowship; alliance; companionship; confederation; association; intimacy.
A friendly consociation with your kindred elements.
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A voluntary and permanent council or union of neighboring Congregational churches, for mutual advice and co["o]peration in ecclesiastical matters; a meeting of pastors and delegates from churches thus united.
Note: In Connecticut some of the Congregational churhes are associated in consociations and the others in conferences.
Wiktionary
n. 1 Intimate union; fellowship; alliance; companionship; confederation; association; intimacy. 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.
Usage examples of "consociation".
One was the artist, Holgrave, who, in spite of his consociation with reformers, and his other queer and questionable traits, continued to hold an elevated place in Hepzibah's regard.
As yet, there was no sign nor line of dissipation marked upon her piquant face, nor in her consociation with Jimmy was there ever the slightest reference to or reminder of her vocation.
He would as easily have considered consociation with a leper, though he would have been equally as willing to have helped either one or the other in any other way that did not require him to come into contact with them.