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consentience

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[kuhn-sen-shuhns] / kənˈsɛn ʃəns /

noun

  1. agreement or unity of opinion; concurrence.

  2. the faculty of synthesizing sensations, without the use of the intellect or without consciousness, in reflex or involuntary actions.

Etymology

Origin of consentience

First recorded in 1875–80; consenti(ent) + -ence

Example Sentences

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We have now arrived at the period, when from the general consentience of the records, it is discovered that the form of the Text of the New Testament was mainly settled.

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