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
Other Word Forms
- connaturality noun
- connaturally adverb
- connaturalness noun
Etymology
Origin of connatural
1585–95; < Medieval Latin connātūrālis, equivalent to Latin con- con- + nātūrālis natural
Example Sentences
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Thus it is plain that it is the connatural mode of the human soul to receive knowledge as a habit.
From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
Neither, therefore, can the repose of the animal appetite, which is pleasure, be elsewhere than in something connatural.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
But the appetite of a natural body does not repose save in a connatural place.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
The separated soul, though it is an existing individual substance, retains its essential communicability to its connatural material principle, the body.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter
And hence to use comparison and discursion is connatural to the souls of the blessed, but not to angels.
From Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
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