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con⋅sor⋅ti⋅um

  [kuhn-sawr-shee-uhm, -tee-]
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–noun, plural -ti⋅a  [-shee-uh, -tee-uh] .
1. a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
2. any association, partnership, or union.
3. Law. the legal right of husband and wife to companionship and conjugal intercourse with each other: In a wrongful death action the surviving spouse commonly seeks damages for loss of consortium.
Origin:
1820–30; < L: partnership, equiv. to consort- consort + -ium -ium

Related forms:
con⋅sor⋅ti⋅al, adjective
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con·sor·ti·um   (kən-sôr'tē-əm, -shē-əm)   
n.   pl. con·sor·ti·a (-tē-ə, -shē-ə)
    1. An association or a combination, as of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.
    2. A cooperative arrangement among groups or institutions: a library consortium.
  2. An association or society.
  3. Law The right of a spouse to the company of, help of, affection of, and sexual relations with his or her mate.

[Latin, fellowship, from cōnsors, cōnsort-, partner; see consort.]
con·sor'ti·al adj.
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