different between consociate vs consociation

English

Etymology

Latin c?nsoci?tus, past participle of c?nsoci? (“to associate, unite”).

Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA^(key): /k?n?s??si?t/, /k?n?s???i?t/
• (verb) IPA^(key): /k?n?s??sie?t/, /k?n?s???ie?t/

Noun

consociate (plural consociates)

1. (obsolete) An associate; an accomplice.
   • 1654, Joseph Hall, Select Thoughts, or Choice Helps for a Pious Spirit

     wicked consociates

Verb

consociate (third-person singular simple present consociates, present participle consociating, simple past and past participle consociated)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) to associate, partner
   • 1662, Henry More, "An Antidote Against Atheism", Book III, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 129:

     "In the first place therefore, it cannot but amuse a mans mind to think what these officious Spirits should be that so willingly sometimes offer themselves to consociate with a man: […] "

2. (obsolete, transitive) To bring into alliance, confederacy, or relationship; to bring together; to join; to unite.
   • 1747, David Mallet, Amyntor and Theodora

     Join pole to pole, consociate severed worlds.

3. (US) To unite in an ecclesiastical consociation.

Anagrams

• cosonicate, ecoactions

Italian

Adjective

consociate

1. feminine plural of consociato

Noun

consociate f

1. plural of consociata

Verb

consociate

1. second-person plural present indicative of consociare
2. second-person plural imperative of consociare
3. feminine plural of consociato

Anagrams

• conosciate

Latin

Verb

c?nsoci?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of c?nsoci?

English

Etymology

From Latin c?nsoci?ti?

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?n.s??.si?e?.??n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?n.so?.si?e?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: con?so?ci?a?tion

Noun

consociation (countable and uncountable, 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 associations.

Derived terms

• consociationalism

Related terms

• consociate
• consociated

References

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