connatural
Americanadjective
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belonging to a person or thing by nature or from birth or origin; inborn.
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of the same or a similar nature.
adjective
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having a similar nature or origin
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congenital or innate; connate
Other Word Forms
- connaturality noun
- connaturally adverb
- connaturalness noun
Etymology
Origin of connatural
1585–95; < Medieval Latin connātūrālis, equivalent to Latin con- con- + nātūrālis natural
Example Sentences
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But it is arbitrary to assume the existence of a power which could never pass fully into the act connatural to it.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter
But the appetite of a natural body does not repose save in a connatural place.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
"The Truths of God are connatural to the soul of man, and the soul of man makes no more resistance to them than the air does to light."
From Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries by Jones, Rufus Matthew
Hence we may confine our attention here to the distinction between these two classes of accident and their connatural substances.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter
I answer that, The species whereby the angels understand are not drawn from things, but are connatural to them.
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
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