consistence

Etymology

From Middle French. Compare French consistance.

noun

1. (archaic) The physical quality which is given by the degree of firmness, solidity, density, and viscosity; consistency.
2. 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.
3. (obsolete) Standing still; quiescence; state of rest.
4. (obsolete) The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity.
   When it was brought to the school it discharged from its right nostril, a whitish, viscid, clotty matter, which, although of little consistence, strongly adhered to the sides of the nostril. 1830, The Veterinarian
5. Logical consistency; lack of self-contradiction.
6. (obsolete) That which stands together as a united whole; a combination.