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CONSUMMATION

Volume 6 · 60 words · 1810 Edition

the end, period, or completion of any work. Thus, we say, the consummation of all things, meaning the end of the world. By the incarnation, all the prophecies are said to be consummated. See Prophecy and Accomplishment.

Consummation of Marriage, denotes the last act of marriage, which makes its accomplishment; or the most intimate union between the married pair, &c.