- a variation of consonance.
Example Sentences
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And they gave him also the pipe because that the high places are blown with wind, or else because he sought out the consonancy of figures.
Item, that no one do beg a benefice without reasonable cause and consonancy of justice.
From Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino by Butler, Samuel
Rules of composition; comprising the laws of verse, rhyme, stanzas, consonancy or alliteration, and accent.
From Old English Chronicles by Various
M,— but then there is no consonancy in the sequel; that suffers under probation: A should follow, but O does.
From Twelfth Night by Shakespeare, William
The illustrations which shall now follow, drawn from distinguished authorities, aim at showing the consonancy of Herr Willkomm’s pictures with authentic representations of Elfin superstition already known to the world.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844 by Various