consubstantial Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet


Con`sub*stan"tial adjective
Etymology
L. consubstantialis; con- + substantialis: cf. F. consubstantiel. See Substantial.
Definitions
  1. Of the same kind or nature; having the same substance or essence; coessential.
    Christ Jesus . . . coeternal and consubstantial with the Father and with the Holy Ghost. Foxe.

Webster 1913