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