contesseration

noun

plural -s

obsolete

: the act of contracting friendship or union

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin contesseration-, contesseratio, from contesseratus (past participle of contesserare to contract friendship by means of tesserae, from Latin com- + tessera die, square tablet, token of friendship) + Latin -ion-, -io -ion

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