contesseration Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

Webster 1913