Nec tamen consumebatur is the motto of the Church of Scotland. It means: yet it was not consumed and is an allusion to the burning bush in Exodus chapter 3, verse 2.
nec / neque adv not; conj and not, but not
tamen adv however, nevertheless
consumo, -ere, -psi, -ptum to consume, to eat up, to waste
consumebatur 3rd person singular imperfect passive of consumo
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