consistory
noun
any of various ecclesiastical councils or tribunals.
consistorial
-
a word derived from
consistory.
Example Sentences
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How many would be named and who they would be remained of course a cardinal, consistorial secret until after the preconization.
From Time Magazine Archive
A secret consistory to elect two new cardinals was held last week by His Holiness, Pope Pius XI, in the magnificent consistorial hall.
From Time Magazine Archive
His father, Filippo, was Doyen of the consistorial advocates.
From Time Magazine Archive
The next Bishop that we find is Dermit M'Domnuil, styled in the consistorial acts Dermitius Macarius, who was appointed about 1540, and died in 1553.
From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, December 1864 by Various
In the consistorial record of the appointment of Dr. O'Higgins, cited above, it is in like manner described as subject to the metropolitical jurisdiction of St. Jarlath's.
From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, January 1865 by Various
