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Definitions

consubstantial

[kon-suhb-stan-shuhl] / ˌkɒn səbˈstæn ʃəl /
ADJECTIVE
similar
Synonyms
STRONGEST
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

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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

And the Son, consubstantial with the Father, replied: "We shall triumph under the sign that gave Constantine the victory."

From Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels by France, Anatole

And I am sure that if the field-tent had had to be set up in a field in a hurry, the hold-all and the sleeping-bag would have arisen and insisted on their consubstantial rights.

From A Journal of Impressions in Belgium by Sinclair, May

The council decided that Christ was consubstantial with the Father.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures by Ingersoll, Robert Green

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