consubstantial

consubstantial

English

Etymology

From Latin consubstāntiālis, from con- + substāntia (“substance”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒnsəbˈstanʃəl/

Adjective

consubstantial (comparative more consubstantial, superlative most consubstantial)

1. Of the same substance or essence.
   • 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, chapter 18, in The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:

     I have no more made my booke, then my booke hath made me. A booke consubstantiall to his Author […].

Usage notes

• Used especially of the three persons of the Christian Trinity

Translations

of the same substance

Armenian: Old Armenian: էակ (ēak) Greek: ομοούσιος (el) m (omooúsios) Italian: consustanziale, consostanziale

Manx: covreeoil Serbo-Croatian: istobitan m Spanish: consustancial (es)

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

Related terms

• coessential