Consistory

·noun A civil court of justice.

II. Consistory ·noun A church tribunal or governing body.

III. Consistory ·adj Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a consistory.

IV. Consistory ·noun An assembly of prelates; a session of the college of cardinals at Rome.

V. Consistory ·noun Primarily, a place of standing or staying together; hence, any solemn assembly or council.

VI. Consistory ·noun The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere.