Con-tês'ser-ā'tion, n.

n. [Lat. contesseratio, from contesserare, to contract friendship by means of the tesseræ, from con and tessera, a square tablet, a tally or token, which was divided by two friends, in order that, by means of it, they or their descendants might always recognize each other.] An assemblage or union in harmony. [Obs.]

The holy symbols of the eucharist were intended to be a contesseration and a union of Christian societies to God and with each other. Bp. Taylor.