commixture

[ kuh-miks-cher ]
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noun
  1. the act or process of commixing.

  2. the condition of being commixed; mixture.

  1. (in a Eucharistic service) the placing of a part of the Host in the chalice.

Origin of commixture

1
1580–90; <Latin commixtūra, equivalent to commixt(us) (see commix) + -ūra-ure

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