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consubstantial
[ kon-suhb-stan-shuhl ]
adjective
- of one and the same substance, essence, or nature, especially the three divine persons of the Christian Trinity.
consubstantial
/ ˌkɒnsəbˈstænʃəl /
adjective
- 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
- consub·stantial·ism noun
- consub·stantial·ist noun
- consub·stanti·ali·ty noun
- consub·stantial·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of consubstantial1
Word History and Origins
Origin of consubstantial1
Example Sentences
Evidently they will not be consubstantial with existence, if this existence of theirs be in the future or past.
After much altercation, it was at last decided that the Son was as old as the Father, and consubstantial with the Father.
It is true also that Scholasticism is not only ministerial to Popery, but in parts is consubstantial with Popery.
And though obscured, yet to think myself obscured by consubstantial forms, based in the same foundation as my own.
One objection is that it contains the word "consubstantial," which at that period Cyril would hardly have used.
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