equipollent
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Only superstition is now so well advanced, that men of the first blood, are as firm as butchers by occupation; and votary resolution, is made equipollent to custom, even in matter of blood.
From The Essays of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon
The condition and the major term are "equipollent" in their extension.
From The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy by Madhava Acharya
What appealed only too powerfully to Chinese superstition was the use of spells, charms and magical formulæ and the doctrine that since the universe is merely idea, thoughts and facts are equipollent.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Sir Charles Eliot
Hill's eloquence exceeded his judgment; Stephens' judgment was superior to his oratorical power; in Toombs these were equipollent.
From Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage by Pleasant A. Stovall
But, since is and exists are equipollent, and so being and existing, is being is the same as the unimpeachable is existing.
From The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Thomas Embly Osmun
