What does "connexion" mean?

Uncommon spelling of connection.

Connexion

Common synonyms include: association, association, connectedness, connecter, connection, connection.

//kəˈnɛkʃən// noun

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Noun

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Uncommon spelling of connection. British, alt-of, countable, uncommon, uncountable
"There are undoubtedly facts, which, may come to their knowledge by means of their connexion with the ſecretary of ſtate, reſpecting which they cannot anſwer."
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the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication) wordnet
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A Methodist denomination as a whole, as opposed to its constituent churches, circuits, districts and conferences (US spelling: connection). countable, uncountable
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shifting from one form of transportation to another wordnet
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The inter-relationship of prayer groups or religious societies under the oversight of an itinerant preacher who is assisted by the local preachers attached to each society. countable, historical, uncountable

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an instrumentality that connects wordnet
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the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination wordnet
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a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it) wordnet
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a connecting shape wordnet

"She always appeared and disappeared close by the fountain, with which, therefore, her lover judged she had some inexplicable connexion."

From Middle English connexioun, from Latin connexiō (“a conclusion, binding together”), from connectō.

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