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)

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

It seems impossible to represent in human speech, or by any symbols intelligible to the human mind, the variety and immensity of this consentient testimony of all historic time and place.

From The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn by Smith, William Benjamin

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