consistories

noun

plural of consistory
as in synods

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consistories
  1. congregations
  2. conclaves
  3. assemblies
  4. convocations
  5. congresses
  6. deliberations
  7. conventions
Noun
  • The Zion Church is among the largest churches that are unregistered with the Chinese authorities, defying restrictions from the officially atheist Communist Party requiring believers to worship only in registered congregations.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
  • Both congregations identify as non-denominational, evangelical Christian churches.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 25 June 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
  • For decades, we’ve been surrounded by products made from plastic, polyester and increasingly complex multi-material assemblies.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 10 July 2026
  • This approach is used to produce everything from the 21C’s suspension components to its gearbox case, as well as multi-piece assemblies bonded together using proprietary adhesives.
    — Bradley Iger, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026
Definition of assemblies
Noun
  • Multigenerational convocations among Central Asian thinkers remain exceptionally rare.
    — Anel Rakhimzhanova, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
Definition of convocations
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  • 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
  • Once that juror felt comfortable convicting in the first degree, Feldman said, the deliberations were done and the jury notified the judge of its verdict.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026
  • The American Medical Association’s (AMA) own deliberations on whether obesity should be considered a disease illustrate this clearly.
    — Max Moser, STAT, 9 July 2026
Definition of deliberations
Noun
  • In oral testimony, DTIC representatives supported by the country’s labor department and trade administration emphasized that South Africa has ratified International Labour Organization fundamental conventions that bar forced labor in supply chains.
    — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 14 July 2026
  • Yet, its caucuses play an outsize role in filling leadership positions, forming policy platforms, and resolving debates at its national conventions.
    — Max Grinstein, The Washington Examiner, 13 July 2026
Definition of conventions
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