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Consistory

/kənˈsɪstəɹi/

A place of standing or staying together; hence, any solemn assembly or council.

📖 Definitions of "Consistory"

noun

1
A place of standing or staying together; hence, any solemn assembly or council.
2
The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere.
3
An assembly of prelates; a session of the college of cardinals at Rome.
4
A church tribunal or governing body, especially of elders in a Reformed church.

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