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consubstantialist

consubstantialist noun: one who believes in consubstantiation.

Noun

consubstantialist (plural consubstantialists)

  1. One who believes in consubstantiation.
    • Lutheran Consubstantialistsa. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number)”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn]...
    • The consubstantialists, who by their success have deserved and obtained the title of Catholics, gloried in the simplicity and steadiness of their own creed, and insulted the repeated variations of their adversaries, who were destitute of any certain rule of faith.1781, Edward Gibbon, chapter XXI, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume II, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC, page 254

Forms of consubstantialist

pluralconsubstantialists

Origin of consubstantialist

From consubstantial + -ist.

Questions about consubstantialist

What does consubstantialist mean?
Consubstantialist means one who believes in consubstantiation.
What part of speech is consubstantialist?
Consubstantialist is a noun.
What is the plural of consubstantialist?
The plural of consubstantialist is consubstantialists.

Words near consubstantialist in the dictionary

  1. consubsisting
  2. consubsists
  3. consubspecific
  4. consubstantial
  5. consubstantialism
  6. consubstantialist
  7. consubstantialists
  8. consubstantialities
  9. consubstantiality
  10. consubstantially
  11. consubstantiate

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