consentient

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The conclusions thus recommended to us by the consentient primitive traditions of so many races, have lately received most important and unexpected confirmation from the results of linguistic research.

From The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. by Rawlinson, George

It seems impossible to represent in human speech, or by any symbols intelligible to the human mind, the variety and immensity of this consentient testimony of all historic time and place.

From The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn by Smith, William Benjamin

Have I not persistently enquired for the verdict—so far as it has been obtainable—of consentient Antiquity?

From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William

The proper proof of the statement is the consentient voice of all the copies,—except about nineteen of loose character:—we know their vagaries but too well, and decline to let them impose upon us.

From The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Miller, Edward

This principle is often illustrated in the independent yet consentient testimony of the whole body of the Cursives and later Uncials61.

From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William