To stand firm; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection; to hold together; to be; to exist; to subsist; to be supported and maintained, be consistent in form, tenor, or character; be congruous, be composed of
a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts, reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent, Reliability or uniformity of successive results or events
Reliable; steady, Holding true as a group; not contradictory, marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts, noun_ plural Objects or facts that are coexistent, or in agreement with one another, In the history of the Eastern Orthodox Church, a kind of penitent who was allowed to assist at prayers, but could not be admitted to receive the holy sacrament