consistory
English
/kənˈsɪstəɹi/
noun
Definitions
- 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, especially of elders in a Reformed church.
- (obsolete) A civil court of justice.
Etymology
Derived from consistorie (secular tribunal) derived from Latin consistorium.
Origin
Latin
consistorium
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Cognates and derived terms
- consistorian English
- consisto Latin
- consistorium Latin
- consistorie Dutch, Flemish
- konsistori Indonesian
- consistorie ONF.