consistories

noun

plural of consistory
as in synods

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  1. congregations
  2. conclaves
  3. assemblies
  4. convocations
  5. congresses
  6. deliberations
  7. conventions
Noun
  • Generations of Black pastors and congregations helped organize movements, mobilize voters and shape the fight for equality.
    — AJC.com, AJC.com, 21 Oct. 2026
  • One community member told Fox News Digital that some congregations had even canceled afternoon prayers on the Sabbath as demonstrations across France descended into violence.
    — Ariella Noveck, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of congregations
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  • And as recent conclaves have elected men in their late 60s and 70s, health difficulties are never far around the corner.
    — Antonia Mortensen, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Still, the invitation-only club remains one of the more exclusive conclaves in New York City, with dues-paying club-goers supporting NYAC’s 400 elite athletes across 11 Olympic sports.
    — Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of conclaves
Noun
  • Creality's approach is rather different, swapping smaller nozzle assemblies instead of complete print heads, and potentially bringing the benefits of multi-nozzle printing to a more affordable machine.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The assemblies also feature NFC identification, and the printer detects whether the platform is correctly installed or missing, providing another useful check before printing.
    — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of assemblies
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  • Meanwhile, workers across CSU campuses have rallied at fall convocations over the last few weeks to draw attention to their struggle to make ends meet.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Multigenerational convocations among Central Asian thinkers remain exceptionally rare.
    — Anel Rakhimzhanova, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
Definition of convocations
Noun
  • The list of signatories includes many of the field’s most prominent names, more than 50 of whom have spoken at previous congresses.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Palestinian soccer officials have long argued — including at FIFA annual congresses across the past 15 years, before Infantino was president — that Israel violates statutes by letting teams from settlements in the West Bank play in the national league.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
Definition of congresses
Noun
  • The sentence came after roughly three hours of jury deliberations following a two-and-a-half-week trial.
    — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Rankin said the funding later came before the full board during public budget deliberations.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of deliberations
Noun
  • For the past 15 years, Ishmael Butler and his cast of collaborators have drifted further and further into the outer reaches, deconstructing and reassembling hip-hop, jazz, and kosmische conventions into sprawling, proggy rhapsodies.
    — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026
  • To keep the inventory fresh, Sean travels to industry conventions, including the Halloween & Party Expo, to see what’s new and decide what to bring back to Charlotte.
    — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of conventions
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