What does "consociate" mean?

Consociate: To bring into alliance, confederacy, or relationship; to bring together; to join; to unite. [R.] Join pole to pole, consociate severed worlds. Mallet.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To unite in an ecclesiastical consociation. [U.S.]
  2. 3.To be allied, confederated, or associated; to coalescence. [R.] Bentley.
  3. 4.To form an ecclesiastical consociation. [U.S.]

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