Connexion

[L. connexio: cf. F. connexion.]
Connection. See Connection.

The noun has 6 meanings:

Meaning #1: a connecting shape
  Synonyms: connection, link

Meaning #2: a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
  Synonyms: connection, connectedness

Meaning #3: the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination
  Synonyms: association, connection

Meaning #4: an instrumentality that connects
  Synonyms: connection, connector, connecter, connective

Meaning #5: shifting from one form of transportation to another
  Synonym: connection

Meaning #6: the act of bringing two things into contact
  Synonyms: joining, connection

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In the history of Christianity in England, a connexion was a circuit of prayer groups who would employ travelling ministers alongside the regular ministers attached to each congregation.

This method of organising emerged in eighteenth century English Non-conformist religious circles; this is why the otherwise old-fashioned spelling (connexion rather than connection) is retained. The Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, for instance, was founded by Selina, Countess of Huntingdon.

The most significant current use of the term is for the national organization of Methodism in Great Britain; see Methodist Church of Great Britain.

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