1. consistory - Noun
2. consistory - Adjective
Primarily, a place of standing or staying together; hence, any solemn assembly or council.
The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere.
An assembly of prelates; a session of the college of cardinals at Rome.
A church tribunal or governing body.
A civil court of justice.
Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a consistory.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAll these members in the consistory have the right to vote. Source: Internet
A process (judicial investigation) against the memory of Boniface was held by an ecclesiastical consistory at Groseau, near Avignon, which held preliminary examinations in August and September 1310. Source: Internet
Cardinalate Pope Paul VI created Luciani the Cardinal-Priest of San Marco in the consistory on 5 March 1973. Source: Internet
At Rome, this definition was rejected in the consistory of 27 May, and Luther declared that he could accept it only provided the opposers would admit that hitherto they had taught differently from what was meant in the present instance. Source: Internet
Calvin established an eldership together with a " consistory ", where pastors and the elders established matters of religious discipline for the Genevan population. Source: Internet
A consistory will be held on November 19, the eve of the closing of the Jubilee of Mercy. Source: Internet