Con′tig‐na″tion (?), n. [L. contignatio, fr. contignare to join with beams; con- + tignum beam.] 1. The act or process of framing together, or uniting, as beams in a fabric. Burke.
2. A framework or fabric, as of beams. Sir H. Wotton.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.