consistōrĭum, ii, n. [consisto] (postclass.), a place of assembly.
I In gen., prop. of the earth , as a dwelling-place of man, Tert. Res. Carn. 26.—
B Trop.: consistorium libidinum lupanar, id. ad Uxor. 2, 6; id. Spect. 17.—
II Esp.
A A room where servants wait , Sid. Ep. 2, 2.—But most usually,
B The place where the emperor's council met, the emperor's cabinet , Aus. Grat. Act. 29; Amm. 14, 7, 11; Cod. Th. 6, 10, 2; Inscr. Orell. 3184 al.