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coessential, a.|kəʊɪˈsɛnʃəl|
[f. co- 2 + essential.]
1. United or inseparable in essence or being.
1471Ripley Comp. Alch. in Ashm. (1652) 112 All the parts..be Coessentiall and concrete. 1618–29in Rushw. Hist. Coll. (1659) I. 335 There are other Laws that be coessential and collateral with Government. 1675Art Contentm. Pref. 175 The desire of happiness is so coessential with our nature.
2. One in essence, having the same essence; esp. in Theol. of the Persons of the Trinity.
1587Golding De Mornay v. 51 Coeternall, Coequall, and Coessentiall, that is to say..of one selfesame substance or beeng. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. (1617) 290 Wee blesse and magnifie that Coessentiall Spirit eternally proceeding from both. 1713Beveridge Priv. Th. i. (1730) 30 As they are from Eternity three perfectly distinct Persons, so they are but one Co-essential God. 1862F. Hall Hindu Philos. Syst. 233 The latter hold them [substance and quality] to differ in their very essence; while the former consider them to be coessential.
3. Jointly essential or necessary. nonce-use.
1876E. Mellor Priesth. iv. 158 Both were coessential factors in the last supper, the latter completing the former. |