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
Etymology
Origin of connatural
1585–95; < Medieval Latin connātūrālis, equivalent to Latin con- con- + nātūrālis natural
Example Sentences
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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
Now a thing is indebted in a special way to that which is its connatural principle of being and government.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
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
But it is arbitrary to assume the existence of a power which could never pass fully into the act connatural to it.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter
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
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