consubstantial

[ kon-suhb-stan-shuhl ]

adjective

1. of one and the same substance, essence, or nature, especially the three divine persons of the Christian Trinity.

consubstantial

/ ˌkɒnsəbˈstænʃəl /

adjective

1. Christian theol (esp of the three persons of the Trinity) regarded as identical in substance or essence though different in aspect

Derived Forms

• ˌconsubˌstantiˈality, noun
• ˌconsubˈstantially, adverb

Other Words From

• consub·stantial·ism noun
• consub·stantial·ist noun
• consub·stanti·ali·ty noun
• consub·stantial·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of consubstantial¹

First recorded in 1450–1500; late Middle English, from Late Latin consubstantiālis, equivalent to con- prefix + substanti(a) “existence, corporeal existence” + -ālis adjective suffix; con-, substantial

Word History and Origins

Origin of consubstantial¹

C15: from Church Latin consubstāntiālis, from Latin com- + substantia substance

Example Sentences

Evidently they will not be consubstantial with existence, if this existence of theirs be in the future or past.

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After much altercation, it was at last decided that the Son was as old as the Father, and consubstantial with the Father.

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It is true also that Scholasticism is not only ministerial to Popery, but in parts is consubstantial with Popery.

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And though obscured, yet to think myself obscured by consubstantial forms, based in the same foundation as my own.

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One objection is that it contains the word "consubstantial," which at that period Cyril would hardly have used.

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Related Words

• akin
• analogous
• comparable
• complementary
• identical
• related