Middle English Dictionary Entry
consubstanciāl adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | consubstanciāl adj. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of the same essence, coessential.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)8b/b : Þese þre persones beth consubstanciales, euerlastinge, almyȝti, & coequales.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)7807 : The sone..born temporally Of a mayde..To whom, wyth þe fadyr, consubstancyal The holy gost ys, & coeternal.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)3.772 (v.1:p.38) : The holi goste of hem bothe doth procede, And yit noon dooth othir in tyme precede, For eche of hem to othir is coetern, So that twix hem can no man discern First, ner last, so that coequal Is eche to othir and consubstancial.
- ?a1475(?a1425) Higd.(2) (Hrl 2261)3.253 : The Greke supposede the Roman to haue expressede the son with the fader consubstancialle.
- c1475 Court Sap.(Trin-C R.3.21)574 : Myght, goodnes, and wysdom..Ar they nat peregall, And coeterne and consubstanciall?
- a1500 St.Dor.(2) (Lamb 432)328/15 : He come to Crist..the consubstanciall and coeternall with the ffader and the holy goest.