consistory
/kuhn-sis-tuh-ree/US // kənˈsɪs tə ri //UK // (kənˈsɪstərɪ) //
执政官,教会,牧师,历程
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural con·sis·to·ries.
- : any of various ecclesiastical councils or tribunals.
- : the place where such a council or tribunal meets.
- : the meeting of any such body.
- : Roman Catholic Church. a solemn assembly of the whole body of cardinals, summoned and presided over by the pope.
- : Anglican Church. a diocesan court for dealing with ecclesiastical and spiritual questions, held in the cathedral church and presided over by the bishop, the bishop's chancellor, or the commissary.
- : the governing board of a local church or congregation.
- : any assembly or council.
- : Obsolete. a council chamber.
Examples
But at a consistory of cardinals in Vatican City on Monday, Francis made his case.
He created in the Consistory a Calvinistic inquisition, absolutely similar to the revolutionary tribunal of Robespierre.
This end of the transept was till quite recently railed off, and used as the consistory court of the Chancellor of Carlisle.
On January 2, 1821, the property was finally deeded to the consistory.
In 1843, on the land back of the church the "Consistory Building" was erected.
But the consistory could not itself inflict punishment; that was the province of the civil government.
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