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con·tig·na·tion
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Contignationnoun
Etymology: contignatio, Latin.
We mean a porch, or cloister, or the like, of one contignation, and not in storied buildings. Henry Wotton, Architecture.
Webster Dictionary
Contignationnoun
the act or process of framing together, or uniting, as beams in a fabric
Contignationnoun
a framework or fabric, as of beams
Etymology: [L. contignatio, fr. contignare to join with beams; con- + tignum beam.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Contignation
kon-tig-nā′shun, n. joining together: any structure so joined: a framework or stage. [L. contignation-em—contignāre—con, tignum, wood.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of contignation in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of contignation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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