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▪ I. coalition1|kəʊəˈlɪʃən|
[ad. L. coalitiōn-em, n. of action f. coalescĕre to coalesce. (In mod.Fr.: not in Cotgr. 1611.) Originally = coalescence; but now commonly distinguished and used as in 4.]
†1. The growing together of parts, coalescence.
1612Brerewood Lang. & Relig. xxv. 223 The Deity and Humanity, by coalition becoming one nature in Christ. 1667Boyle Orig. Formes & Qual., The Coalition of several Corpuscles into one visible Body. 1767Gooch Treat. Wounds I. 104 The urine, running out of the wound when it happens to penetrate the pelvis of the kidney, may prove an obstacle to its coalition.
2. Union into one mass or body; combination.
1620Bp. J. King Serm. 17 Sion and Jerusalem..by an easie coalition in Scripture..may stand for one. 1656Trapp Comm. 1 Cor. vi. 15 Water and oil violently shaken together may seem to mingle, but..there is no coalition. 1834Whewell in Todhunter Acc. W's. Writings (1876) II. 182, I am puzzled to combine these..without so much coalition of vowels as will startle your readers. 1864Lowell Fireside Trav. 7 They come within each other's sphere of attraction, and, with instantaneous coalition, form a new product.
3. Union, combination, fusion (of parties, principles, interests, etc.).
c1645Howell Lett. (1650) II. 10 A scorned, squandered people all the earth over, being ever since incapable of any coalition or reducement into one body politic. 1699Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) IV. 473 The old East India company have agreed this day to a resolution for a coalition with the new company. 1779–81Johnson L.P., Pope Wks. IV. 73 That coalition of interests which makes the happiness of a country.
4. esp. in Politics. An alliance for combined action of distinct parties, persons, or states, without permanent incorporation into one body.
1715H. Castleton (title), An Essay towards a Coalition of Parties in Great Britain. 1736Bolingbroke Patriot. (1749) 250 A great advance towards this union was the coalition of parties. 1749Ld. Auckland Corr. (1862) III. 220, I am sick of coalitions, royal, military or ministerial. 1825T. Jefferson Autobiog. Wks. 1859 I. 104 Leading Patriots..sensible of the necessity of effecting a coalition by mutual sacrifices. 1858Froude Hist. Eng. III. xvii. 473 The impossibility of a genuine coalition between Charles and Francis. 1866Ld. Derby in Morning Star 10 July, A Government by coalition implies on the part of those who conduct it a greater or less degree of sacrifice of individual principles and opinions for the purpose of obtaining extended political strength, and there is always something repugnant to the feelings of Englishmen in any sacrifice of principle for the sake of political power.
b. attrib.
1817Coleridge Lay Serm. 422 That Coalition system in Christianity, for the expression of which theologians have invented or appropriated the term Syncretism. 1851H. Martineau Hist. Peace (1877) III. iv. xii. 28 The King's desire was for a coalition ministry.
Hence coaˈlitional, of or pertaining to a coalition. coaˈlitioner, one who forms or belongs to a coalition. coaˈlitioning, the forming of a coalition. coaˈlitionist, an adherent or supporter of a coalition.
1785(title), Coalitional Rencontre Anticipated, a Poetical Dialogue. 1818Byron Let. in Moore Life (1866) 380 But compare him with the coalitioner Fox and the pensioner Burke. 1850Carlyle Latter-d. Pamph. i. 11 All fighting and campaigning and coalitioning..is hopeless and superfluous. 1784(title), The Coalitionist. 1807W. Taylor in Robberds Mem. II. 197 The county sends two coalitionists. 1864Realm 30 Mar. 4 Never had a band of Ministers a greater chance of conciliating a lasting popularity than the Coalitionists of 1859.
▪ II. † coaˈlition2 Obs.
[f. L. *coalit- ppl. stem of coalĕre to sustain or nourish together; but in quot. 1655 possibly referring to L. coalitus communion, fellowship, f. coalescĕre: see prec.]
(See quots.)
a1655Vines Lord's Supp. (1677) 213 The Lord's Table [is] for further coalition and growth. 1656Blount Glossogr., Coalition, a nourishing or increasing together. |