consistence

noun7

1. •
   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.
2. •
   Logical consistency; lack of self-contradiction.
3. •
   A substance which adheres together.

   • Aegyptian ingenuity vvas more unsatisfied, contriving their bodies in svveet consistences, to attend the return of their souls. But all vvas vanity, feeding the vvinde, and folly. — 1658
4. •
   (no longer used) That which stands together as a united whole; a combination.

   • The church of God, as meaning whole consistence of orders and members. — 1641
5. •
   (no longer used) The physical quality which is given by the degree of density, firmness, solidity, and viscosity; consistency.

   • If they [expressed juices] be boiled into the Consistence of a Syrup. — 1731
6. •
   (no longer used) The condition of adhering or standing together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; coherence, existence, firmness, solidity.

   • Water, being divided, maketh many circles, till it restore itself to the natural consistence. — 1627
7. •
   (no longer used) Standing still; quiescence, state of rest.