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† contesseˈration Obs.
[ad. L. contesserātiōn-em (Tertullian), n. of action from contesserāre (f. con + tessera) to contract friendship by means of the tessera hospitalis, a square tablet which was divided as a tally or token between two friends in order that they or their descendants might thereby ever afterwards recognize each other.]
1. Contraction of friendship by means of the tessera or other symbol of union.
1620Donne Serm. Gen. xviii. 25 But certainly, there is a race that have not this contesseration [baptism], nor these Testimoniall letters, nor this outward baptisme. 1654Jer. Taylor Real Pres. 1 The holy symboles of the Eucharist were intended to be a contesseration, and an union of Christian societies to God, and with one another. 1660Stillingfl. Iren. ii. vii. §4 To denote their mutual contessaration in the faith, and communion in the same Church.
2. [L. tessera a chequer.] A chequered or tessellated combination, a ‘mosaic’.
1671B. Oley Life G. Herbert O v (T.), To describe that person of his, which afforded so unusual a contesseration of elegancies, and set of rarities to the beholder. |