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
  • Eventually, the conservatives succeeded; the denomination finally divided in a schism in 2024, with more than seventy-six hundred congregations leaving to join a conservative Global Methodist Church.
    — Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
  • From 2015 to 2025, the sect’s congregations in Idaho experienced 15 preventable deaths of children, according to ProPublica’s reporting.
    — Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 26 Aug. 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
  • The Niepołomice site specializes in producing complex tubular assemblies and already manufactures precision components for several Pratt & Whitney engines.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Mustafa Kemal and the creation of the CHP Under Mustafa Kemal’s leadership, the CHP dominated all assemblies until 1950.
    — Nick TaborAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Sep. 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 holdout The crowds of journalists and spectators became increasingly restless throughout the days of deliberations, testing the patience of staff at the Plymouth trial courthouse, a pristine legal complex surrounded by quiet fields and farmland.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The motion was filed as jurors in the murder trial were about to head into their seventh day of deliberations at Plymouth Superior Court after proceedings ended Thursday with the defense calling for the removal of one juror.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of deliberations
Noun
  • Usually that’s taken care of by airing both party conventions — but Democrats aren’t holding any such midterm equivalent.
    — Daniel Strauss, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Learn all about some of the most prominent unwritten rules and conventions of America’s national pastime.
    — Tushaar Kuthiala, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of conventions
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