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consubstantial

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con·sub·stan·tial  (knsb-stnshl)
adj.
Of the same substance, nature, or essence.
[Middle English consubstancial, from Late Latin cnsubstantilis : Latin com-, com- + Late Latin substantilis, substantial; see substantial.]
consubstantial [ˌkɒnsəbˈstænʃəl]
adj
(Christian Religious Writings / Theology) Christian theol (esp of the three persons of the Trinity) regarded as identical in substance or essence though different in aspect
[from Church Latin consubstāntiālis, from Latin com- + substantia substance]
consubstantiality  n
consubstantially  adv
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Adj.1.consubstantial - regarded as the same in substance or essence (as of the three persons of the Trinity)
Christian theology - the teachings of Christian churches
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It is useless to warn the reader not to take literally all the similes which we are obliged to employ here to express the singular, symmetrical, direct, almost consubstantial union of a man and an edifice.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
 
 
 
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