rare. Also 6 -tion. [ad. L. consensiōn-em, n. of action from consentīre (consens-) to CONSENT: see -ION. So OF. consension, -cion obs.] Agreement in thought, feeling; or opinion.
1563–87. Foxe, A. & M. (1596), 16/2. By the consention of the most part … the bishops of Rome had not this regal state … which they do now usurpe.
1656. Jeanes, Fuln. Christ, 155. There is no longer any opposition betwixt them, but a consension in regard of predication.
1692. Bentley, Boyle Lect., ii. 53. With … a vital consension of the whole Body.
1878. N. Amer. Rev., CXXVI. 161. Have come to an agreement or consension.
