companionmentn.
/kəmˈpanjənm(ə)nt/, U.S. /kəmˈpænjənm(ə)nt/ rare.
Accompaniment; company.
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concomitancea1535
companionship1548
companyship1548
companionry1595
concomitancya1617
attendancya1626
accompaniment1767
companionment1803
associatedness1862
attendedness1862
1803 Man in Moon 17 Dec. (1804) 87 He was talking about the companionment to the singing.
1881 Spectator 12 Feb. 207 A strong Land Act, without the companionment of a strong Coercion Act.
1916 Washington Democrat 30 Dec. 2/3 One does not grow younger in the companionment of men who are living only until the state chooses to kill them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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