consentient

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Her husband being consentient to this life-long separation, her lot might be fairly happy.

From The Golden Calf by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

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 Burgon, John William

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 Miller, Edward

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

If clear and consentient Patristic testimony to the Text of Scripture is not to be deemed forcible witness to its Truth,—whither shall a man betake himself for constraining Evidence?

From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William