Contesseration

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Contesseration \Con*tes`ser*a"tion\, n. [L. contesseratio, from
     contesserare to contract friendship by means of the tesserae
     (friendship tokens).]
     An assemblage; a collection; harmonious union. [Obs.]
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           That person of his [George Herbert], which afforded so
           unusual a contesseration of elegancies.  --Oley.
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