concomitance

American  

[kon-kom-i-tuhns, kuhn-] / kɒnˈkɒm ɪ təns, kən- /

noun

1. the quality or relation of being concomitant.

2. concomitant.

3. Roman Catholic Church. the coexistence of the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharistic bread.

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concomitance British  

/ kənˈkɒmɪtəns /

noun

1. existence or occurrence together or in connection with another

2. a thing that exists in connection with another

3. Christian theol the doctrine that the body and blood of Christ are present in the Eucharist

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Etymology

Origin of concomitance

From the Medieval Latin word concomitantia, dating back to 1525–35. See concomitant, -ance

Example Sentences

Thus a remarkable concomitance has been observed between spots on the sun, displays of Aurora Borealis, and magnetic storms.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William

If that were so, perhaps neither sin nor unhappiness would ever occur, even by concomitance.

From Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil by Huggard, E.M.

That is, the relation of stimulus and response is either reduced to plain cause and effect or else is rejected altogether and supplanted by a bare concomitance of the physical and mental series.

From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.

He prefers the word "concomitance," just because it marks the difference.

From An Introduction to Philosophy by Fullerton, George Stuart

That which we call "explanation" of natural process is, in fact, in all cases, merely a finer analysis of concomitance or sequence, or the analysis of some new phase of it.

From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Williams, C. M.

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