Consociation

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Intimate union; fellowship; alliance; companionship; confederation; association; intimacy.

II. Consociation ·noun 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.

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consociation
Fellowship or union of churches by their pastors and delegates; a meeting of the pastors and delegat...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.