Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as consonance.
Wiktionary
- n. obsolete consistency; congruity
Examples
“Again, meditative people will find a charm in a certain consonancy between the aspect of the city and its odd and stirring history.”
“M, — but then there is no consonancy in the sequel; that suffers under probation A should follow but O does.”
“The reason why men receive not Christ crucified, as preached in the gospel, is because they see not a consonancy in it unto the divine perfections of the nature of God.”
“And as for those who were not themselves divinely inspired, or wherein those that were so did not act by immediate inspiration, they proved the truth of what they delivered by its consonancy unto the Scriptures already written, referring the minds and consciences of men unto them for their ultimate satisfaction, Acts xviii. 28, xxviii.”
“And concerning these several ways of the communication or revelation of the knowledge of God, it must be always observed that there is a perfect consonancy in the things revealed by them all.”
“At the suggestion of my friend, the Rev.Mr. Hunt, I have restored the original readings, as in truer consonancy with the vainglorious, insolent, and swaggering ballad spirit.”
“The illustrations which shall now follow, drawn from distinguished authorities, aim at showing the consonancy of Herr Willkomm's pictures with authentic representations of Elfin superstition already known to the world.”
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844
“M, But then there is no consonancy in the sequel; that suffers under probation: A should follow, but O does.”
“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 could charge you withal, be even and direct with me, whether you were sent for or no!”
“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 could charge you withal, be even and direct with me, whether you were sent for or no! Ros.”
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