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Definition of Compages
1. n. sing & pl. A system or structure of many parts united.
Definition of Compages
1. Noun. (plural of compage) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Compages
1. compage [n] - See also: compage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Compages
Literary usage of Compages
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Thomas Birch (1837)
"And he supposed this to be that, which brought the confused chaos of omnifarious
atoms into that orderly compages of the world that now is. ..."
2. The Works of Jonathan Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life and Character by Jonathan Edwards, Tryon Edwards (1854)
"Solidity and impenetrability is denied to belong to matter, and it is said that
it is " a compages of centres of attraction and repulsion. ..."
3. An Apology for the Bible: In a Series of Letters Addressed to Thomas Paine by Richard Watson (1828)
"Those who think that the soul is nothing distinct from the compages of the body,
not a substance, but a mere quality, will maintain, that the consciousness ..."
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