Consociation Definition
kən-sōshē-āshən
noun
Friendly or cooperative association, as between groups or organizations.
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A subdivision of an association having one dominant species of plant.
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A political arrangement in which various groups, such as ethnic or racial populations within a country or region, share power according to an agreed formula or mechanism.
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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.
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Other Word Forms of Consociation
Noun
Singular:
consociation
Plural:
consociationsOrigin of Consociation
From Latin consociatio.
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