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Word: consistory
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Noun:
- A church tribunal or governing body.
- An assembly of prelates; a session of the college of cardinals at Rome.
- obsolete A civil court of justice.
- 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.
Source: Wiktionary
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