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Definition of Compage
1. Noun. (obsolete) Compages; consistency, solid structure; the compaction of parts into a whole. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) A compages; a unified complex whole formed from the compaction of parts. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Compage
1. a structure [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Compage
Literary usage of Compage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readings on the Paradiso of Dante: Chiefly Based on the Commentary of by William Warren Vernon, Dante Alighieri (1900)
"f compage, which in its primary sense signifies, "Congiunzione, Concatenazione,
etc." (See Gran Die.) in this passage is interpreted "densità, ..."
2. The Journal of Philology by William George Clark, John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor, William Aldis Wright, Ingram Bywater, Henry Jackson (1903)
"... to wrap the limbs in : at least carnali compage ought to mean the fleshy
frame-work of the body, upon which (abl. loci) the coverlets are set round. 1. ..."
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