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
On every side we find, as we try to show, in all ages, climates, races, and stages of civilisation, consentient testimony to a set of extraordinary phenomena.
From Cock Lane and Common-Sense by Lang, Andrew
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
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 Burgon, John William
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 Lang, Andrew
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