consistory

Signification (Anglais)

1. A solemn assembly or council.
2. The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere.
3. An assembly of prelates; a session of the College of Cardinals at Rome.
4. A church tribunal or governing body, especially of elders in a Reformed church.
5. (Early, Modern, obsolete) A civil court of justice.

Concepts

consistoire

hôtel de ville

Consistoire

Synonymes

town council

Traductions

Konsistorium

concistoro

consistorie

consistorio

Oberkirchenrat

Rathaus

Gemeindeamt

Vollversammlung der Kardinäle

εκκλησιαστικό δικαστήριο

εκκλησιαστικό συμβούλιο

municipalità

concistorio

raadhuis

consistòri

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kənˈsɪstəɹi/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: consistorie

Appartenant à ancien français: consistoire

In summary

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.