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 Lang, Andrew

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 Morris, Lewis, Sir

And now, once more, my lord Bishop,—Pray which of us is it,—you or I,—who seeks for the truth of Scripture “in the consentient testimony of the most ancient authorities”?

From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William

But, with the catchwords of Utilitarianism ringing in their ears, the commentators ran straight contrary to the true teaching of the Protagoras, consentient as it is with that of the Phaedo and the Philebus.

From Hegel's Philosophy of Mind by Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich

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