Consistence
Origin
From Middle French. Compare French consistance.
Full definition of consistence
Noun
consistence
(countable and uncountable; plural consistences)- (archaic) The physical quality which is given by the degree of firmness, solidity, density, and viscosity; consistency.
- ArbuthnotLet the expressed juices be boiled into the consistence of a sirup.
- 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.
- (obsolete) Standing still; quiescence; state of rest.
- (obsolete) The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity.
- Francis BaconWater, being divided, maketh many circles, till it restore itself to the natural consistence.
- Jeremy TaylorWe are as water, weak, and of no consistence.
- (obsolete) That which stands together as a united whole; a combination.
- MiltonThe church of God, as meaning whole consistence of orders and members.