consentient
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This principle is often illustrated in the independent yet consentient testimony of the whole body of the Cursives and later Uncials61.
From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by John William Burgon
And in point of fact, the Cursives which have been collated are so generally consentient, as to leave no doubt that the multitude which needs collation will agree similarly.
From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by John William Burgon
The proper proof of the statement is the consentient voice of all the copies,—except about nineteen of loose character:—we know their vagaries but too well, and decline to let them impose upon us.
From The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Edward Miller
On the other hand, the facts of rappings, ghosts, clairvoyance, in spite of the universally consentient evidence, are very doubtful facts after all.
From Cock Lane and Common-Sense by Andrew Lang
Now, my method on the contrary is to refer all such questions to “the consentient testimony of the most ancient authorities.”
From The Revision Revised by John William Burgon
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