† contesserationn.

Etymology: < Latin contesserātiōn-em (Tertullian), noun of action < contesserāre ( < 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.

Obsolete.

1. Contraction of friendship by means of the tessera or other symbol of union.

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1620 J. Donne Serm. (1957) III. 139 In this houshold, sayes Tertullian..There was Contesseratio Hospitalitatis, A warrant for their reception and entertainment in one anothers houses... The Councel of Nice made..provision..That there should be..certaine testimoniall letters, subscribed with foure characters..and those letters should be contesseratio hospitalitatis... Beloved, Baptisme..is this Contesseration; all that are truly baptized are of this houshold, and should be relieved and received.

1654 Bp. J. Taylor Real Presence 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.

1660 E. Stillingfleet Irenicum ii. vii. §4 To denote their mutual contessaration in the faith, and communion in the same Church.

2. [Latin tessera a chequer.] A chequered or tessellated combination, a ‘mosaic’.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > variety of form or non-uniformity > that which is diverse in form

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chequer-work1618

contesseration1652

1652 B. Oley Life G. Herbert in G. Herbert Priest to Temple sig. c5 To describe that person of his, which afforded so unusuall a Contesseration of Elegancies, and set of Rarities to the Beholder.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	contesseration
释义	† contesserationn. Etymology: < Latin contesserātiōn-em (Tertullian), noun of action < contesserāre ( < 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. Obsolete. 1. Contraction of friendship by means of the tessera or other symbol of union. ΚΠ 1620 J. Donne Serm. (1957) III. 139 In this houshold, sayes Tertullian..There was Contesseratio Hospitalitatis, A warrant for their reception and entertainment in one anothers houses... The Councel of Nice made..provision..That there should be..certaine testimoniall letters, subscribed with foure characters..and those letters should be contesseratio hospitalitatis... Beloved, Baptisme..is this Contesseration; all that are truly baptized are of this houshold, and should be relieved and received. 1654 Bp. J. Taylor Real Presence 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. 1660 E. Stillingfleet Irenicum ii. vii. §4 To denote their mutual contessaration in the faith, and communion in the same Church. 2. [Latin tessera a chequer.] A chequered or tessellated combination, a ‘mosaic’. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > variety of form or non-uniformity > that which is diverse in form patchery1579 chequer-work1618 contesseration1652 1652 B. Oley Life G. Herbert in G. Herbert Priest to Temple sig. c5 To describe that person of his, which afforded so unusuall a Contesseration of Elegancies, and set of Rarities to the Beholder. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1620
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