consentient

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If that witness is consentient, or very nearly so, whether for or against any given reading, I hold it to be decisive.

From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William

But it is not only because of that consentient chorus of many voices—the testimony of which wise men will not reject—that the word is 'a faithful saying.'

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. by Maclaren, Alexander

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 not only were they absolutely unanimous in regard to the Person, but they were unbrokenly consentient in regard to the facts of His life, His death, and His Resurrection.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) by Maclaren, Alexander

Even the generally consentient voice of Doctors and Fathers, as far as it could be ascertained, was held to be of the same authoritative kind.

From Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford by Burgon, John William