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Definitions

consubstantial

[kon-suhb-stan-shuhl] / ˌkɒn səbˈstæn ʃəl /
ADJECTIVE
similar
Synonyms
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akin analogous comparable complementary identical related
STRONG
like
WEAK
agnate allied coincident coincidental coinciding collateral companion congruent congruous consonant correlative corresponding homogeneous in agreement kin kindred matching much the same parallel reciprocal resembling same twin uniform
Antonyms
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alien different disconnected dissimilar unalike unequal unlike unrelated
WEAK
opposite

Example Sentences

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"One in being with the Father" becomes "consubstantial with the Father" in the Nicene creed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pythagoras taught that God is a number; Xenophanes that it is a sphere, passionless and consubstantial with all things; Parmenides that it is but the confluence of earth and fire.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Born of the Father before all ages, God of God, Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten not made, consubstantial with the Father .

From Saint Athanasius The Father of Orthodoxy by Forbes, F. A. (Frances Alice)

Archbishop Flavian said: Do you confess that the one and the same Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, is consubstantial with His Father as to His divinity, and consubstantial with His mother as to His humanity?

From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen

For the truth is that our affirmations and negations do not stand on the same footing at all, and are anything but consubstantial.

From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by James, William

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