commixture

[ kuh-miks-cher ]

noun

1. the act or process of commixing.
2. the condition of being commixed; mixture.
3. (in a Eucharistic service) the placing of a part of the Host in the chalice.

Word History and Origins

Origin of commixture¹

1580–90; < Latin commixtūra, equivalent to commixt ( us ) ( commix ) + -ūra -ure

Example Sentences

The volume of rain produced in the Condor’s water cycle is enormous, says Luna, thanks to a unique commixture of altitudes, endemic soils, and solar and wind patterns.

From Salon

They are also necessary when different varieties are kept, in order to avoid improper or undesirable commixture from accidental crossing.

From Project Gutenberg

Arts may flourish, and as it were by a commixture and communication of Rays, inflame one another....

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One of the most pleasing belongs to England, and is written in the commixture of Latin and the modern tongue, which occasionally produces quaintly pretty effects.

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There is no crime our holy church abhors, Not one high Heaven more strongly interdicts, Than that commixture, by the marriage rite, Of blood too near, as mine is to Hortensia.

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