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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
  • Those early years, with live music and dancing, drew crowds, and eventually people from other congregations began joining after completing their own hakafot dancing circles in their synagogues.
    — Amy Klein, Sun Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026
  • As the High Holy Days approach, rabbis in the United States say their congregations are deeply unsettled by antisemitic threats and aware of sharp divisions in their own communities.
    — David Crary, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of congregations
Noun
  • 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
  • But even the regions that have adopted citizens’ assemblies are a long way off from achieving Landemore’s vision.
    — Esther King, The Dial, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Gamera uses four landing-gear assemblies positioned inside the two fuselages, allowing weapons to be carried beneath the center section without interfering with the nose gear.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of assemblies
Noun
  • 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 council has previously restricted her ability to participate in council deliberations, and the mayor has sued the city in federal court.
    — Reed Williams, AJC.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Once sequestered, jurors are not allowed any contact with the outside world and - unlike in many US jurisdictions - their deliberations must remain confidential.
    — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of deliberations
Noun
  • If religion has traditionally been one of the chief mechanisms for enforcing shame, LessWrong and its posters have flipped many of the conventions once regulated by shame on their head.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Democrats have held such midterm conventions in the past but are not doing so this year.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of conventions
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“Consistories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consistories. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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