consentient

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Thus the Nicene Council simply reaffirmed the consentient voice and witness of the Church in general.

From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by Miller, William James

Brian appearing consentient, Mr. Jardine left him, with Towler in attendance.

From The Golden Calf by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

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

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

Whatsoever in nature is moved naturally, the same is set in motion both by its own forces and by the consentient compact of other bodies.

From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by Gilbert, William