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consubstantial (iou)



consubstantial adjective. LME.
[ecclesiastical Latin consubstantialis (translating Greek homoousios), formed as CON- + SUBSTANTIAL.]
Of the same substance or essence (esp. in Christian Theology of the three persons of the Trinity).
consubstantialist noun (Christian Theology) a believer in the consubstantiality of the persons of the Trinity, or in the doctrine of consubstantiation M17.
,consubstanti'ality noun [ecclesiastical Latin consubstantialitas] identity of substance or essence M16.
consubstantially adverb L16.