CONSUBSTANTIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does consubstantial mean? 

• CONSUBSTANTIAL (adjective)
  The adjective CONSUBSTANTIAL has 1 sense:

1. regarded as the same in substance or essence (as of the three persons of the Trinity)

  Familiarity information: CONSUBSTANTIAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONSUBSTANTIAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Regarded as the same in substance or essence (as of the three persons of the Trinity)

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

Christian theology (the teachings of Christian churches)

Pertainym:

consubstantiation (the doctrine of the High Anglican Church that after the consecration of the Eucharist the substance of the body and blood of Christ coexists with the substance of the consecrated bread and wine)

Derivation:

consubstantiation (the doctrine of the High Anglican Church that after the consecration of the Eucharist the substance of the body and blood of Christ coexists with the substance of the consecrated bread and wine)