n.
Pronunciation: k ə n- ' sis-t( ə -)r ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ries
Etymology: Middle English consistorie, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin & Late Latin; Medieval Latin consistorium church tribunal, from Late Latin, imperial council, from Latin consistere
Date: 14th century
1 : a solemn assembly : COUNCIL
2 : a church tribunal or governing body: as a : a solemn meeting of Roman Catholic cardinals convoked and presided over by the pope b : a church session in some Reformed churches
3 : the organization that confers the degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry usually from the 19th to the 32d inclusive also : a meeting of such an organization
– con · sis · tor · i · al \ ˌ kän-si- ' st ō r- ē - ə l, - ' sto ̇ r- \ adjective