consistory noun. [kǝn'sɪst(ǝ)ri] ME.
[Anglo-Norman consistorie = Old & mod. French consistoire from late Latin consistorium, formed as CONSIST: see -ORY¹.]
I.
1. A place where councillors meet, a council-chamber. ME-M18.

2. A court, a company surrounding a throne. Also, a court of judgement. ME-L17.

3. A meeting of councillors, a council. obsolete exc. Hist. or poet. LME.

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II. Ecclesiastical senses.

4. (Usu. Consistory.) A bishop's court for ecclesiastical causes and offences; a diocesan court, held by the chancellor or commissary of a diocese. (Now only in the Anglican Church.) Also Consistory Court. ME.

5. (A meeting of) the council of the Pope and cardinals. LME.

6. In the Reformed Protestant Churches, a court of presbyters. L16.

7. In the Lutheran Church, a supervisory board of clerical officers. L17.

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