consistence

1. (archaic) The physical quality which is given by the degree of density, firmness, solidity, and viscosity; consistency.Examples: "If they [expressed juices] be boiled into the Consistence of a Syrup."; "All these things, and many others too numerous to mention, were well mixed together in the famous pot and boiled for four hours, until the consistence of a mess, or poss, was obtained, […]"archaiccountableuncountable

2. (obsolete) The condition of adhering or standing together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; coherence, existence, firmness, solidity.Examples: "Water, being divided, maketh many circles, till it restore itself to the natural consistence."; "VVe are as vvater, vveak, and of no conſiſtence, alvvayes deſcending, abiding in no certain place, unleſeſ vvhere vvee are detained vvith violence: […]"; "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."countableobsoleteuncountable

3. (obsolete) That which stands together as a united whole; a combination.Examples: "The church of God, as meaning whole consistence of orders and members."countableobsoleteuncountable

4. (obsolete) Standing still; quiescence, state of rest.countableobsoleteuncountable

5. (obsolete except poetic) A substance which adheres together.Examples: "Ægyptian 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."countableuncountable