consonance
noun
accord or agreement.
consonancy
-
a variation of
consonance.
Example Sentences
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And they gave him also the pipe because that the high places are blown with wind, or else because he sought out the consonancy of figures.
M- But then there is no consonancy in the sequel; that suffers under probation: A should follow, but O does.
From Twelfth Night; or What You Will by William Shakespeare
Item, that no one do beg a benefice without reasonable cause and consonancy of justice.
From Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino by Samuel Butler
At the suggestion of my friend, the Rev. Mr. Hunt, I have restored the original readings, as in truer consonancy with the vainglorious, insolent, and swaggering ballad spirit.
From Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys by Various
Rules of composition; comprising the laws of verse, rhyme, stanzas, consonancy or alliteration, and accent.
From Old English Chronicles by Various
