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

Yet it comes to be by concomitance, because it serves a greater good in relation to the universe.

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

The locative primarily denotes rest in a place, the ablative motion from a place, and the instrumental the means or concomitance of an action.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

And therefore in this sacrament the body indeed of Christ is present by the power of the sacrament, but His soul from real concomitance.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

The two sorts of concomitance are alike only in the one point.

From An Introduction to Philosophy by Fullerton, George Stuart

Evil itself comes only from privation; the positive enters therein only by concomitance, as the active enters by concomitance into cold.

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

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