concomitance

American  

[kon-kom-i-tuhns, kuhn-] / kɒnˈkɒm ɪ təns, kən- /

noun

1. the quality or relation of being concomitant.

2. concomitant.

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

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concomitance British  

/ kənˈkɒmɪtəns /

noun

1. existence or occurrence together or in connection with another

2. a thing that exists in connection with another

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

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Etymology

Origin of concomitance

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

Example Sentences

But from natural concomitance there is also in this sacrament that which is really united with that thing wherein the aforesaid conversion is terminated.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

And therefore had this sacrament been celebrated during those three days when He was dead, the soul of Christ would not have been there, neither by the power of the sacrament, nor from real concomitance.

From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

Evil itself comes only from privation; the positive enters therein only by concomitance, as the active enters by concomitance into cold.

From Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil by Huggard, E.M.

In using the word "concomitance" I enter a protest against this.

From An Introduction to Philosophy by Fullerton, George Stuart

Thus, in hunting for some cause and effect in the activity of the will, we bring to light, in the end, only a certain concomitance and sequence.

From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Williams, C. M.

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