Consistory :: Consistory (n.) Primarily, a place of standing or staying together; hence, any solemn assembly or council..
Consistory :: Consistory (n.) The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere.
Consistory :: Consistory (n.) An assembly of prelates; a session of the college of cardinals at Rome.
Consistory :: Consistory (n.) A church tribunal or governing body.