consubstantial

1. 1.

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

   Christian theology

Questions about consubstantial

What does consubstantial mean?

consubstantial means "regarded as the same in substance or essence (as of the three persons of the Trinity)".

How many syllables are in consubstantial?

consubstantial has 5 syllables: con-sub-stan-ti-al. The stress falls on "ti".

Is consubstantial a common word?

consubstantial is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.