Associations to the word «Consistory»

Wiktionary

CONSISTORY, noun. Primarily, a place of standing or staying together; hence, any solemn assembly or council.
CONSISTORY, noun. The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere.
CONSISTORY, noun. An assembly of prelates; a session of the college of cardinals at Rome.
CONSISTORY, noun. A church tribunal or governing body, especially of elders in a Reformed church.
CONSISTORY, noun. (obsolete) A civil court of justice.

Dictionary definition

CONSISTORY, noun. A church tribunal or governing body.

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.