consubstantial

[ kon-suh b-stan-shuh l ]

/ ˌkɒn səbˈstæn ʃəl /

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adjective

of one and the same substance, essence, or nature.

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Origin of consubstantial

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin consubstantiālis, equivalent to con- con- + substanti(a) substance + -ālis -al¹

Related formscon·sub·stan·tial·ism, nouncon·sub·stan·tial·ist, nouncon·sub·stan·ti·al·i·ty, nouncon·sub·stan·tial·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for consubstantial

After much altercation, it was at last decided that the Son was as old as the Father, and consubstantial with the Father.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 3 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
One objection is that it contains the word "consubstantial," which at that period Cyril would hardly have used.
The Lives of the Saints, Volume III (of 16): March|Sabine Baring-Gould
Whether he is consubstantial, that is, of the same substance with the Father, or only of a similar substance.
The Mormon Doctrine of Deity|B. H. Roberts
And though obscured, yet to think myself obscured by consubstantial forms, based in the same foundation as my own.
Biographia Epistolaris Volume 2|Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Here it may be asked: If soul is manifested only as consubstantial with God, why this laboured effort to exhibit the recognition?
The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha|Madhava Acharya

British Dictionary definitions for consubstantial

consubstantial

/ (ˌkɒnsəbˈstænʃəl) /

adjective

Christian theol (esp of the three persons of the Trinity) regarded as identical in substance or essence though different in aspect

Derived Formsconsubstantiality, nounconsubstantially, adverb

Word Origin for consubstantial

C15: from Church Latin consubstāntiālis, from Latin com- + substantia substance

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Word Origin and History for consubstantial

consubstantial

adj.

late 15c., a term in the theology of the trinity, from Church Latin consubstantialis, from com- "with" (see com-) + substantia (see substance). In general use from 1570s. Related: Consubstantiality.