Contignation

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

  Contignation \Con`tig*na"tion\, n. [L. contignatio, fr.
     contignare to join with beams; con- + tignum beam.]
     1. The act or process of framing together, or uniting, as
        beams in a fabric. --Burke.
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     2. A framework or fabric, as of beams. --Sir H. Wotton.
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