Obs. rare. [ad. late L. combūstūr-a a burning, f. combūst- ppl. stem of combūrĕre, to COMBURE.] Combustion, burning.
1609. Bp. W. Barlow, Answ. Nameless Cath., 11. If the Parliament House had burned,… the Iesuites … would … haue sung to their instruments the Destruction of Troy in that combusture of the Senate.
