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Definitions for consonancy
con·so·nan·cy
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Wiktionary
consonancynoun
consistency; congruity
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Consonance, Consonancynoun
Etymology: consonance, Fr. consonans, Latin.
The two principal consonances that most ravish the ear, are, by the consent of all nature, the fifth and the octave. Henry Wotton.
And winds and waters flow’d
In consonance. James Thomson, Spring.Such decisions held consonancy and congruity with resolutions and decisions of former times. Matthew Hale, Law of England.
I have thus largely set down this, to shew the perfect consonancy of our persecuted church to the doctrine of scripture and antiquity. Henry Hammond, on Fundamentals.
Let me conjure you by the rights of our fellowship, by the consonancy of our youth. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.
Webster Dictionary
Consonancynoun
accord or agreement of sounds produced simultaneously, as a note with its third, fifth, and eighth
Consonancynoun
agreement or congruity; harmony; accord; consistency; suitableness
Consonancynoun
friendship; concord
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of consonancy in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of consonancy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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