Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A harmonious assemblage or collection; a friendly union.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete An assemblage; a collection; harmonious union.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A harmonious
union . - noun The act of contracting friendship.
- noun An
assemblage . - noun A
collection .
Etymologies
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From Latin contesseratio ("to contract friendship"), from con- + tesserae (“square tablets; especially as friendship tokens”).
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