consentient
Americanadjective
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agreeing; accordant.
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acting in harmonious agreement.
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unanimous, as an opinion.
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characterized by or having consentience.
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of consentient
1615–25; < Latin consentient- (stem of consentiēns, present participle of consentīre to consent; see -ent)
Example Sentences
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If clear and consentient Patristic testimony to the Text of Scripture is not to be deemed forcible witness to its Truth,—whither shall a man betake himself for constraining Evidence?
From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William
Thus the Nicene Council simply reaffirmed the consentient voice and witness of the Church in general.
From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by Miller, William James
Now, my method on the contrary is to refer all such questions to “the consentient testimony of the most ancient authorities.”
From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William
On every side we find, as we try to show, in all ages, climates, races, and stages of civilisation, consentient testimony to a set of extraordinary phenomena.
From Cock Lane and Common-Sense by Lang, Andrew
On the other hand, the facts of rappings, ghosts, clairvoyance, in spite of the universally consentient evidence, are very doubtful facts after all.
From Cock Lane and Common-Sense by Lang, Andrew
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