"consubstantial" meaning in English

See consubstantial in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌkɒnsəbˈstanʃəl/ [UK], /ˌkɑnsəbˈstænʃəl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Eleanorrrrrrrrrr-consubstantial.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more consubstantial [comparative], most consubstantial [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin consubstāntiālis, from con- + substāntia (“substance”), translating Ancient Greek ὁμοούσιον (homooúsion). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|consubstāntiālis}} Latin consubstāntiālis, {{af|la|con-|substāntia|nocat=1|t2=substance}} con- + substāntia (“substance”), {{cal|la|grc|ὁμοούσιον|nocat=1|notext=1}} Ancient Greek ὁμοούσιον (homooúsion) Head templates: {{en-adj}} consubstantial (comparative more consubstantial, superlative most consubstantial)
  1. Of the same substance or essence. Synonyms: coessential, homoousian Derived forms: consubstantialism, consubstantialist, consubstantiality, consubstantially Related terms: coessential, coeternal Translations (of the same substance): consubstancial (Catalan), consubstantiel [masculine] (French), ομοούσιος (omooúsios) [masculine] (Greek), consustanziale (Italian), consostanziale (Italian), covreeoil (Manx), էակ (ēak) (Old Armenian), konsubstancjalny (Polish), współistotny (Polish), consubstancial (Portuguese), istobitan [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), consustancial (Spanish)
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