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
  • Worshippers are showing up in greater numbers, giving more money to congregations and volunteering more, the study found.
    — John Blake, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Rabbi and historian Gary Zola explains that of the six earliest Jewish congregations in the United States, the three Southern congregations in Savannah, Charleston and Richmond were the first to introduce reforms.
    — Ashley Walters, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of congregations
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  • In 16th-century Italy, gamblers could wager on the election of civic magistrates and the outcome of papal conclaves.
    — Parker Bach, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Behind the large wooden door, its frescoed walls closed to the general public reveal details of the compound's dramatic history, including papal conclaves and the Inquisition interrogation of Galileo Galilei.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
Definition of conclaves
Noun
  • Effective immediately, the city will not issue new permits to the affected parties for assemblies, parades, special events and noise.
    — Jared Ochacher, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Anduril relies on Applied Aerospace to deliver the physical aircraft, supplying everything from the engine fuselage and main landing gear assemblies to the wings and horizontal stabilizers.
    — Harvey Stober, CNBC, 2 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
  • Accordingly, Trump’s public deliberations about who to invade and who to annihilate were themselves crimes, committed in full view of thousands of diplomats and heads of state.
    — Anjali Dayal, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The officials were not authorized to comment publicly about internal Saudi deliberations and spoke on condition of anonymity.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of deliberations
Noun
  • Knowles pointed to the growth of Canva’s annual Canva Create fan conventions as an example of how the importance of experiential events for brands.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Stylistically, the sequence injects noir with the conventions of music videos.
    — Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of conventions
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