concomitance

[ kon-kom-i-tuhns, kuhn- ]
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noun
  1. the quality or relation of being concomitant.

  1. Roman Catholic Church. the coexistence of the body and blood of Christ in the Eucharistic bread.

Origin of concomitance

1
From the Medieval Latin word concomitantia, dating back to 1525–35. See concomitant, -ance

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How to use concomitance in a sentence

  • God, who is the cause of the concomitance of bodily and mental facts, is in truth the sole cause in the universe.

  • No such pleasing concomitance of characteristics is observable to-day, or has been presented in the past.

    The Soul of the Far East | Percival Lowell
  • Thus a remarkable concomitance has been observed between spots on the sun, displays of Aurora Borealis, and magnetic storms.

  • God gives reason to the human race; misfortunes arise thence by concomitance.

    Theodicy | G. W. Leibniz
  • If that were so, perhaps neither sin nor unhappiness would ever occur, even by concomitance.

    Theodicy | G. W. Leibniz

British Dictionary definitions for concomitance

concomitance

/ (kənˈkɒmɪtəns) /


noun
  1. existence or occurrence together or in connection with another

  2. a thing that exists in connection with another

  1. Christian theol the doctrine that the body and blood of Christ are present in the Eucharist

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