Word Meaning

consistory definition and meaning

n. Primarily, a place of standing or staying together; hence, any solemn assembly or council.
n. The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere.
n. An assembly of prelates; a session of the college of cardinals at Rome.
n. A church tribunal or governing body.
n. A civil court of justice.
a. Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a consistory.