commixture

[ kuh-miks-cher ]

/ kəˈmɪks tʃər /

the act or process of commixing.

the condition of being commixed; mixture.

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

Origin of commixture

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

The mode and time of the commixture are matters altogether beyond our knowledge.

The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea |George Rawlinson
The repaired crenellations, the inserted patches of the walls of the outer circle, sufficiently express this commixture.

A Little Tour in France |Henry James
There is rarely any rising, but by a commixture of good and evil arts.

Lord Randolph Churchill |Winston Spencer Churchill
Chinese Buddhism is often spoken of as a strange and corrupt degeneration, a commixture of Indian and foreign ideas.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 (of 3) |Charles Eliot

The opposition of colours, though not the commixture, may be called a war.

Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies |Samuel Johnson