Grace is perceived in light of Christianity as a constitutive element of human existence.

Consenting often serves such projects and relationships instrumentally, but beyond that it is sometimes a constitutive element of relationships between people.

Jesuits tried to identify the constitutive elements of their style by indicating traits of personality that defined it.

Poverty is a constitutive element of a particular form of economic growth as much as it is a product of economic recession.

From the very outset, a special dedication to the mystery of the Holy Trinity has been a constitutive element of the Order's life.

Without memory there is no community; memory is a constitutive element in the making of a community.

Liturgy is a constitutive element of the holy and living Tradition.

The Church teaches that the inalienable right to life of every innocent human individual is a constitutive element of a civil society and its legislation.

A parish has two constitutive elements: a body of Catholics and a named parish priest (called the pastor in the United States) with responsibility for them.

Such a charter could later become a constitutive element of a European constitution.