consentient
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Brian appearing consentient, Mr. Jardine left him, with Towler in attendance.
From The Golden Calf by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
The conclusions thus recommended to us by the consentient primitive traditions of so many races, have lately received most important and unexpected confirmation from the results of linguistic research.
Their authority for this reading is the consentient testimony of the four oldest MSS. which contain S. Luke ii.
From The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark by Burgon, John William
But it is not only because of that consentient chorus of many voices—the testimony of which wise men will not reject—that the word is 'a faithful saying.'
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. by Maclaren, Alexander
Thus the Nicene Council simply reaffirmed the consentient voice and witness of the Church in general.
From The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia by Miller, William James
