SUBSTANTIAL Copy link • SUBSTANTIALBelonging to the nature or being of things, solid, verus (true, real): praecipuus (chief): ad rei alicujus naturam pertinens: in rei alicujus natura positus, situs (essential: ☞ substantialis, ecclesiastical): gravissimus: maximus (weighty, important). A substantial difference, discrimen in ipsa natura alicujus rei positum: the substantial part of a thing, interiora, plur., (opposed to the mere outside); natura (opposed to the accidents). Possessed of substance or competent wealth, qui est solvendo: dives. Vid: RICH.