Of the same substance, nature, or essence.
[Middle English consubstancial, from Late Latin cōnsubstantiālis : Latin com-, com- + Late Latin substantiālis, substantial; see substantial.]
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Of the same substance, nature, or essence.
[Middle English consubstancial, from Late Latin cōnsubstantiālis : Latin com-, com- + Late Latin substantiālis, substantial; see substantial.]
Of one and the same substance. A concept especially necessary in Christian theology, as providing the unity between the three persons in the Trinity. See athanasius, homoousion.
The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
(Christian theology) regarded as the same in substance or essence (as of the three persons of the Trinity)
Pertains to noun: consubstantiation (meaning #1)
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