consistory (suomeksi)

Määritelmät:

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 tribunal or governing body, especially of elders in a Reformed church.
(lb, en, obsolete) A civil court of justice.