Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Equal with one another, as in rank or size.
- noun An equal.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Equal with another person or thing, or with one another; having equal rank, dignity, intellectual ability, etc.; of corresponding character or quality.
- noun One who or that which is equal to another or others.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Being on an equality in rank or power.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
equal toeach other in size, rank or position. - noun An equal person or thing.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having the same standing before the law
Etymologies
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Examples
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Note that Lee calls Congress a "coequal" branch of government, but the Constitution says no such thing and overwhelmingly gives the bulk of the authority to govern our nation to the Congress.
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I don't know where this "coequal" language came from, but it pretty apparent from the text of the constitution that there really is supposed to be preemenent branch -
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It could be as easily said that Sociology and Economics are coequal methods of viewing reality.
Is Economics All About Scarcity?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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In the absence of any constitutional requirement binding Congress, we stated that “[t] he respect due to coequal and independent departments” demands that the courts accept as passed all bills authenticated in the manner provided by Congress.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Does Marshall Field v. Clark Preclude a Challenge to “Deem and Pass”? 2010
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It is time for male seminarians and clergy to repay their female classmates for all they continue to teach us and celebrate their coequal presence within our communities.
Joshua Stanton: Celebrating Female Clergy Joshua Stanton 2011
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And will those who argued that the branches are coequal argue that as loudly if Obama oversteps those boundaries?
Waldo Jaquith - Will your core beliefs switch with the presidency? 2009
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Baker and the head of the constabulary were replaced; the Filipino legislature emerged as coequal with the American administration, and the elites were largely confirmed in their political and economic power, which they hold to this day.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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Even more than with such earlier modernists as Brancusi and Henry Moore, with Mr. Kelly, "wood" and "sculpture" are mesmerizingly coequal.
Beautiful, Quiet and Spare Peter Plagens 2011
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Baker and the head of the constabulary were replaced; the Filipino legislature emerged as coequal with the American administration, and the elites were largely confirmed in their political and economic power, which they hold to this day.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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And will those who argued that the branches are coequal argue that as loudly if Obama oversteps those boundaries?
Waldo Jaquith - Will your core beliefs switch with the presidency? 2009
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