consentient

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And now, once more, my lord Bishop,—Pray which of us is it,—you or I,—who seeks for the truth of Scripture “in the consentient testimony of the most ancient authorities”?

From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William

Even the generally consentient voice of Doctors and Fathers, as far as it could be ascertained, was held to be of the same authoritative kind.

From Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford by Burgon, John William

Whatsoever in nature is moved naturally, the same is set in motion both by its own forces and by the consentient compact of other bodies.

From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by Gilbert, William

Have I not persistently enquired for the verdict—so far as it has been obtainable—of consentient Antiquity?

From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William

If that witness is consentient, or very nearly so, whether for or against any given reading, I hold it to be decisive.

From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William