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consistory
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CONSISTORY
n.[L. See Consist. ] Primarily, a place of meeting; a council-house, or place of justice. Hence, 1. A place of justice in the spiritual court, or the court itself; the court of every diocesan bishop, held in their cathedral churches, for the trial of ecclesiastical causes, arising within the diocese. The bishops chancellor or his commissary is the judge.
2. An assembly of prelates; the college of cardinals at Rome.
Pius was then hearing causes in consistory.
3. A solemn assembly or council.
4. A place of residence. [Not used. ]
5. In the Reformed churches, an assembly or council of ministers and elders.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CONSISTORY
Con *sis "to *ry ( or; 277 ) n.; pl. Consistories. Etym: [L.consistorium a place of assembly, the place where the emperor's council met, fr. consistere: cf. F. consistoire, It. consistorio. See Consist. ]
1. Primarily, a place of standing or staying together; hence, any solemn assembly or council. To council summons all his mighty peers, Within thick clouds and dark tenfold involved, A gloomy consistory. Milton.
2. (Eng. Ch. )
Defn: The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere. Hook.
3. (R. C. Ch. )
Defn: An assembly of prelates; a session of the college of cardinals at Rome. Pius was then hearing of causes in consistory. Bacon.
4. A church tribunal or governing body.
Note: In some churches, as the Dutch Reformed in America, a consistory is composed of the minister and elders of an individual church, corresponding to a Presbyterian church session, and in others, as the Reformed church in France, it is composed of ministers and elders, corresponding to a presbytery. In some Lutheran countries it is a body of clerical and lay officers appointed by the sovereign to superintend ecclesiastical affairs.
5. A civil court of justice. [Obs. ] Chaucer.
CONSISTORY
CONSISTORY Con *sis "to *ry, a.
Defn: Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a consistory. "To hold consistory session. " Strype.
New American Oxford Dictionary
consistory
con sis to ry |kənˈsistərē kənˈsɪstəri | ▶noun ( pl. consistories ) a church council or court, in particular: • (in the Roman Catholic Church ) the council of cardinals, with or without the pope. • (also consistory court ) (in the Church of England ) a court presided over by a bishop, for the administration of ecclesiastical law in a diocese. • (in other churches ) a local administrative body. DERIVATIVES con sis to ri al |ˌkänˌsisˈtôrēəl, kən - |adjective ORIGIN Middle English (originally denoting a nonecclesiastical council ): from Anglo-Norman French consistorie, from late Latin consistorium, from consistere ‘stand firm ’ (see consist ).
Oxford Dictionary
consistory
consistory |kənˈsɪst (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. consistories ) a church council or court, in particular: • (in the Roman Catholic Church ) the council of cardinals, with or without the Pope. • (also consistory court ) (in the Church of England ) a court presided over by a bishop, for the administration of ecclesiastical law in a diocese. • (in other Churches ) a local administrative body. DERIVATIVES consistorial |ˌkɒnsɪˈstɔːrɪəl |adjective ORIGIN Middle English (originally denoting a non-ecclesiastical council ): from Anglo-Norman French consistorie, from late Latin consistorium, from consistere ‘stand firm ’ (see consist ).
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