Definition of consistory
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1 : a solemn assembly : council
2 : a church tribunal or governing body: such asa : a solemn meeting of Roman Catholic cardinals convoked and presided over by the popeb : a church session in some Reformed churches
3 : the organization that confers the degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry usually from the 19th to the 32nd inclusive; also : a meeting of such an organization
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Origin and Etymology of consistory
Middle English consistorie, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin & Late Latin; Medieval Latin consistorium church tribunal, from Late Latin, imperial council, from Latin consistere
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