consentient
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It will be admitted that the consentient testimony of persons in every stage of belief and prejudice, of ignorance and learning, cannot agree, as it does agree, by virtue of some "fluctuation of public opinion".
From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Andrew Lang
Have I not persistently enquired for the verdict—so far as it has been obtainable—of consentient Antiquity?
From The Revision Revised by John William Burgon
On every side we find, as we try to show, in all ages, climates, races, and stages of civilisation, consentient testimony to a set of extraordinary phenomena.
From Cock Lane and Common-Sense by Andrew Lang
What have I done, 52 What have I been, that thus the favouring gods And the consentient strength of hostile States Conspire to make me happy?
From Gycia A Tragedy in Five Acts by Sir Lewis Morris
Sound in doctrine according to the consentient testimony of Scripture and the Church.
From The Church Handy Dictionary by Anonymous
