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CONSISTORY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does consistory mean?
• CONSISTORY (noun)
The noun CONSISTORY has 1 sense:
1. a church tribunal or governing body
Familiarity information: CONSISTORY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A church tribunal or governing body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("consistory" is a kind of...):
court; judicature; tribunal (an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business)
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