Adjective modifier

• secret: The decision about who is to be made a cardinal is discussed in a secret consistory, but the ceremony appointing them is public.

Modifies a noun

• court: The consistory courts are the courts of first instance of the Church of England.

• record: Through examining consistory court records, Johansen describes the reasons behind the granting of divorces and the splitting up of familial assets.

• case: The Measure, which led to consistory court cases involving adulterous vicars, is deemed by many to be expensive and cumbersome.

• system: They are deemed necessary because the current consistory court system is too cumbersome and hardly ever used.