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consistory::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | court, judicature, tribunal |
Examples of consistory
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This is the third time Benedict has held a consistory to create new cardinals.
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This weekend's consistory will bring the total number of cardinal-electors to 125.
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In 1636 the space beneath the south west tower became a bishop's consistory court.
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Consistory courts dealing with faculty applications may sit in the church affected.
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Shortly afterwards, he was made a cardinal in the consistory of 27 June 1977.
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The registrar of the diocese is also the registrar of the consistory court.
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Her children called to tell her how exciting the consistory was, she said.
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Each consistory court has a seal, which is in the care of the registrar.
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Lipp passed the idea on to the consistory, where it found little support.
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- A church tribunal or governing body
- Originally, the Latin word consistorium meant simply 'sitting together', just as the Greek syn(h)edrion (of which the Biblical sanhedrin was a corruption).
- In Jewish usage, a consistory is a body governing the Jewish congregations of a province or of a country; also the district administered by the consistory. ...
- Primarily, a place of standing or staying together; hence, any solemn assembly or council; The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere; An assembly of prelates; a session of the college of cardinals at Rome; A church ...
- A meeting of cardinals in Rome. It can be an ordinary consistory, attended only by cardinals in Rome at the time of the meeting, or an extraordinary consistory, to which all cardinals around the world are summoned.
- The body of advisors to the regent, composed of key prisci and cardinals.
- Roman Catholic Church. An assembly of cardinals presided over by the pope for the solemn promulgation of papal acts, such as the canonization of a saint; the meeting of a consistory. ...
