Bible Dictionaries
Commissure

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A collection of fibers connecting parts of the brain or spinal marrow; a chiasma.

(2):

(n.) The point of union between two parts, as the angles of the lips or eyelids, the mandibles of a bird, etc.

(3):

(n.) A joint, seam, or closure; the place where two bodies, or parts of a body, meet and unite; an interstice, cleft, or juncture.

(4):

(n.) The line of junction or cohering face of two carpels, as in the parsnip, caraway, etc.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Commissure'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/commissure.html. 1828.