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10 lettersPronunciation /kənˈsɪstəɹi/Part of speech nounSorted cinoorsstyStarts with CEnds with Y0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a church tribunal or governing body

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English consistorie, from Old Northern French consistorie (“secular tribunal”) (Old French consistoire), and Late Latin consistorium (“waiting room, meeting place of the imperial council”). Meaning "Church council" is from early 14th century. By surface analysis, consist + -ory.

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  • To council summons all his mighty peers, / Within thick clouds and dark tenfold involved, / A gloomy consistory.
  • Pius […][was] then hearing of causes in consistory.

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