consistory
noun pl. consistories
- Obsolete a meeting place for a council or court
- the meeting of a council
- a church council or court, as the papal senate, a council of deacons, etc.
- a session of such a body
See consistory in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(kən-sĭsˈtə-rē)
noun pl. con·sis·to·ries a. Roman Catholic Church An assembly of cardinals presided over by the pope for the solemn promulgation of papal acts, such as the canonization of a saint.
b. A governing body of a local congregation in certain Reformed churches.
c. A court appointed to regulate ecclesiastical affairs in Lutheran state churches.
d. An Anglican diocesan court presided over by a bishop's chancellor or commissary.
- The meeting of a consistory.
- A council; a tribunal.
Related Forms:
- conˌsis·toˈri·al (kŏnˌsĭ-stôrˈē-əl, -stōrˈ-) adjective
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