[ad. L. adūnātiōn-em n. of action f. adūnā-re to unite: see prec.] Union or combination into one.
1551. Cranmer, Answ. to Gardiner, 352 (T.). Before the adunation in the Virgin’s womb, the godhead and manhood were two natures.
1612. Woodall, Surg. Mate, Wks. 1653, 90. The cure is not so safe to sew it up … because his adunation is uncertain.
1680. Boyle, Scept. Chymist., 94. The cold does not cause any Real Union or Adunation of these Bodies.
1881. Overton, Wm. Law, 275. This analogy—one might almost say this adunation—of the spiritual and the natural worlds.
