1) Court 2) French word used in English 3) Judicature 4) The meeting of any such body 5) Tribunal
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[Judaism] A Jewish consistory (see conventional meanings: consistory in Wiktionary), (or Consistoire in French), was a body governing the Jewish congregations of a province or of a country; also the district administered by the consistory. The Jews in countries under French influence made use of the term in the beginning of the nineteenth c...
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[Protestantism] In Protestant usage, a consistory designates certain ruling bodies in various churches. The meaning and the scope of functions varies strongly, also along the separating lines of the Protestant denominations and church bodies. ==History== Starting in 1539 the term was used for a body taking over the jurisdiction in marital m...
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a solemn assembly or council; a church tribunal
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• (n.) The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere. • (n.) A civil court of justice. • (n.) Primarily, a place of standing or staying together; hence, any solemn assembly or council. • (n.) An assembly of prelates; a session of the college of cardinals ...
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(from Latin consistorium, `assembly place`), a gathering of ecclesiastical persons for the purpose of administering justice or transacting business, ... [3 related articles]
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Assembly of Cardinals convened and presided over by the Pope. All the cardinals present in Rome participate in the ordinary consistory. For the extraordinary consistory all the cardinals of the world are summoned in a secret session for serious matters
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Con·sis'to·ry (? or ?; 277)
noun ;
plural Consistories . [ Latin
consistorium a place of assembly, the place where the emperor's council met, from
consistere : confer French
consistoire , Italian
consistorio . See
Consist .]
1. Primarily, a ...
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Con·sis'to·ry adjective Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a consistory. 'To hold
consistory session.'
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n] - a church tribunal or governing body
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noun a church tribunal or governing body
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any of various ecclesiastical councils or tribunals. · the place where such a council or tribunal meets. · the meeting of any such body. · a solemn assembly of the whole body of cardinals, summoned and presided over by the pope. · a diocesan court for dealing with ecclesiastical and spiritual questions, held in the cathedral ...
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