A standing together; a being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; that state of a body, in which its component parts remain fixed. The consistency of bodies is divers; dense, rare, tangible, pneumatical, volatile.

A degree of density or spissitude, but indefinite. Let the juices or liquor be boiled into the consistency of syrup.

Substance; make; firmness of constitution; as, friendship of a lasting consistency; resolutions of durable consistence.

A standing together, as the parts of a system, or of conduct; agreement or harmony of all parts of a complex thing among themselves, or of the same thing with itself at different times; congruity; uniformity; as the consistency of laws, regulations or judicial decisions; consistency of opinion; consistency of behavior or of character. There is harmony and consistency in all Gods works.

A standing; a state of rest, in which things capable of growth or decrease, remain for a time at a stand.