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consubstantial

[ kon-suhb-stan-shuhl ]

adjective

  1. of one and the same substance, essence, or nature, especially the three divine persons of the Christian Trinity.


consubstantial

/ ˌkɒnsəbˈstænʃəl /

adjective

  1. Christian theol (esp of the three persons of the Trinity) regarded as identical in substance or essence though different in aspect
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌconsubˌstantiˈality, noun
  • ˌconsubˈstantially, adverb
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Other Words From

  • 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of consubstantial1

First recorded in 1450–1500; late Middle English, from Late Latin consubstantiālis, equivalent to con- prefix + substanti(a) “existence, corporeal existence” + -ālis adjective suffix; con-, substantial
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Word History and Origins

Origin of consubstantial1

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

Evidently they will not be consubstantial with existence, if this existence of theirs be in the future or past.

After much altercation, it was at last decided that the Son was as old as the Father, and consubstantial with the Father.

It is true also that Scholasticism is not only ministerial to Popery, but in parts is consubstantial with Popery.

And though obscured, yet to think myself obscured by consubstantial forms, based in the same foundation as my own.

One objection is that it contains the word "consubstantial," which at that period Cyril would hardly have used.

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