consentient

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It will be admitted that the consentient testimony of persons in every stage of belief and prejudice, of ignorance and learning, cannot agree, as it does agree, by virtue of some "fluctuation of public opinion".

From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew

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

On another occasion, when Bradshaw attributed the charge against the king to the consentient voice of the people of England, the same female voice exclaimed, "No, not one-tenth of the people."

From The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of King George the Fifth Volume 8 by Belloc, Hilaire

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

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 Burgon, John William