consubstantial
of one and the same substance, essence, or nature, especially the three divine persons of the Christian Trinity.
Origin of consubstantial
1Other words from consubstantial
- con·sub·stan·tial·ism, noun
- con·sub·stan·tial·ist, noun
- con·sub·stan·ti·al·i·ty, noun
- con·sub·stan·tial·ly, adverb
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How to use consubstantial in a sentence
Evidently they will not be consubstantial with existence, if this existence of theirs be in the future or past.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 | Plotinos (Plotinus)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)It is true also that Scholasticism is not only ministerial to Popery, but in parts is consubstantial with Popery.
The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II (2 vols) | Thomas De QuinceyAnd though obscured, yet to think myself obscured by consubstantial forms, based in the same foundation as my own.
Biographia Epistolaris Volume 2 | Samuel Taylor ColeridgeOne 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
British Dictionary definitions for consubstantial
/ (ˌkɒnsəbˈstænʃəl) /
Christian theol (esp of the three persons of the Trinity) regarded as identical in substance or essence though different in aspect
Origin of consubstantial
1Derived forms of consubstantial
- consubstantiality, noun
- consubstantially, adverb
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