Meaning of CONSISTORY in English

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Meaning of CONSISTORY in English

• 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.

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