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commixture

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com⋅mix⋅ture

  [kuh-miks-cher]
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–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.
Origin:
1580–90; < L commixtūra, equiv. to commixt(us) (see commix ) + -ūra -ure
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com·mix·ture   (kə-mĭks'chər, kŏ-)   
n.  

  1. The act or process of mixing.

  2. The result of mixing; a mixture.

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