consistence

UK /kənˈsɪst(ə)ns/ US /kənˈsɪstəns/
noun 5

Definitions

noun

1

Logical consistency; lack of self-contradiction.

2

The staying together, or remaining in close relation, of non-physical things.

Her performance has lacked consistence over the last year.

This composer’s musical work is of extraordinary consistence.

3

The physical quality which is given by the degree of density, firmness, solidity, and viscosity; consistency.

If they [expressed juices] be boiled into the Consistence of a Syrup.

All these things, and many others too numerous to mention, were well mixed together in the famous pot and boiled for four hours, until the consistence of a mess, or poss, was obtained, […]

4

The condition of adhering or standing together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; coherence, existence, firmness, solidity.

Water, being divided, maketh many circles, till it restore itself to the natural consistence.

VVe are as vvater, vveak, and of no conſiſtence, alvvayes deſcending, abiding in no certain place, unleſeſ vvhere vvee are detained vvith violence: […]

5

That which stands together as a united whole; a combination.

The church of God, as meaning whole consistence of orders and members.

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