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
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Etymology
Origin of connatural
1585–95; < Medieval Latin connātūrālis, equivalent to Latin con- con- + nātūrālis natural
Example Sentences
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Accordingly, in matters subject to human reason, and directed to man's connatural end, man can work through the judgment of his reason.
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
These it realizes gradually, through the exercise of its connatural activities.
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
And since works of virtue are connatural to reason, while works of vice are contrary to nature, therefore it is that works of virtue are called fruits, but not so works of vice.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
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