equipollent

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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 Acharya, Madhava

At first, ‘spirit and matter,’ ‘soul and body,’ stood for a pair of equipollent substances quite on a par in weight and interest.

From Essays in Radical Empiricism by James, William

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 Stovall, Pleasant A.

Nor is aught of an equipollent conflict seen, nor the weaker's flashed device; Headless is offered a breast to beaks deliberate, formal, assured, precise.

From Poems — Volume 3 by Meredith, George

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 Bacon, Francis