Obs. rare. [ad. late L. combūstūr-a a burning, f. combūst- ppl. stem of combūrĕre, to COMBURE.] Combustion, burning.

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1609.  Bp. Barlow, Answ. Nameless Catholic, 11. If the Parlament House had burned … the Iesuites … would … haue sung to their instruments the Destruction of Troy in that combusture of the Senate.

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