commixtion
noun/kəˈmɪkst͡ʃən/
Etymology From Middle English commixtion, from Middle French commixtion, and its source, Latin commixtiōnem, from commiscēre (“to mix”).
7 senses
- 1The action of mixing or blending together; commingling.
- 2The blending (of wines, etc.); garbling.
- 3Coition; copulation; sexual intercourse.
- 4Commixture; a commixed condition or state.
- 5A mixture; a compound.
- 6A method of acquiring property by mixing or blending…
- 7The putting of a small piece of the host into the…
1
Obsolete The action of mixing or blending together; commingling.
2
Obsolete The blending (of wines, etc.); garbling.
3
Obsolete Coition; copulation; sexual intercourse.
- Of that commixtion they did then beget / This helliſh Dog, that hight the Blatant Beaſt; […]1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, page 426:
4
Obsolete Commixture; a commixed condition or state.
5
Obsolete A mixture; a compound.
7
Christianity The putting of a small piece of the host into the chalice during Mass, typifying the reunion of body and soul at the resurrection.