noun a civil court of justice.
2. consistory ·noun a church tribunal or governing body.
3. consistory ·adj of the nature of, or pertaining to, a consistory.
4. consistory ·noun an assembly of prelates; a session of the college of cardinals at rome.
5. consistory ·noun primarily, a place of standing or staying together; hence, any solemn assembly or council.
6. consistory ·noun the spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere.