consonancy
consonancy noun: congruity; consistency.
Noun
consonancy (countable and uncountable, plural consonancies)
- Congruity; consistency.
- But let me conjure you, by the rights of our fellowship, by the consonancy of our youth, by the obligation of our ever-preserved love, and by what more dear a better proposer can charge you withal, be even and direct with me whether you were sent for or no.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
- All wᶜʰ I have thus largely ſet down to ſhew the perfect conſonancie of our perſecuted Church to the doctrine of Scripture and Antiquity in this point, whereon ſo much depends for the ſtating & determining other differences, which have alſo a ſpecial influence on practiſe.1654, H[enry] Hammond, “Of Christ’s Dying for None but the Elect”, in Of Fundamentals in a Notion Referring to Practise, London: […] J[ames] Flesher for Richard Royston, […], →OCLC, §. 7, page 135
Forms of consonancy
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Origin of consonancy
From Latin cōnsonantia. Doublet of consonance.
Questions about consonancy
- What does consonancy mean?
- Consonancy means congruity; consistency.
- What part of speech is consonancy?
- Consonancy is a noun.
- What is the plural of consonancy?
- The plural of consonancy is consonancies.
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