Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
coessentiality. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
coessentiality, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
coessentiality in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
coessentiality you have here. The definition of the word
coessentiality will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
coessentiality, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
From coessential + -ity.
Noun
coessentiality (usually uncountable, plural coessentialities)
- Participation in the same essence.
1693, [Robert South], chapter VII, in Animadversions upon Dr. Sherlock’s Book, Entituled A Vindication of the Holy and Ever-blessed Trinity, &c. , London: Randal Taylor, , →OCLC, pages 172–173:[…] Coeſſentiality, Sameneſs of Nature, and Sameneſs of Eſſence, […] do all of them, in the ſenſe of the Fathers, denote but one and the ſame Thing, viz. A Numerical Unity of the Divine Nature, […]
- The condition or quality of being coessential (“mutually essential for something else”).
Further reading