consistoryn.

/ˈkɒnsɪstəri/

/kənˈsɪstəri/

Forms: α. Middle English–1600s consistorie, Middle English concistorie, ( consistoire, Gower), 1500s consystorie, consystory(e, Middle English– consistory; β. Middle English constorie, constory, Middle English constere, constery, constri, 1500s constre, constry, ( conystre).

Etymology: < Old Northern French consistorie = Central French consistoire (Provençal consistori , Italian consistorio ), < Latin consistōrium , < consistĕre : see consist v. and -ory suffix¹. The original meaning in Latin was ‘standing-place’, ‘waiting-room’, whence ‘meeting-place of the emperor's council, the emperor's cabinet’. The original English pronunciation was consiˈstorie, whence ˈconsistorie, syncopated in Middle English ˈconstorie, ˈconstrie.

I. Non-ecclesiastical senses.

†1. A place where councillors meet, a council-chamber. (Almost always as a translation of the corresponding French or Latin word, and never applied to anything English.) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [noun] > place of > hall, house, or room > in foreign country

consistoryc1320

c1320 Seuyn Sag. (W.) 156 The seuen wise..That child ladde to consistorie, That is a stede withinne Rome, Ther men makes wise dome.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Esther v. 1 And he [the king] sat vp on his see, in the constorie [a1425 L.V. consistorie, L. in consistorio palatii; 1611 royal house] of the paleis.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Concistorio, a consistorie, or a councell house.

1637 T. Heywood Dial. x. 217 I next prepare the Consistorie, Whereas the Deities in all their glory, Appoint their meetings.

1756 T. Nugent Grand Tour IV. 241 The hall called the great consistory [in Toulouse].

figurative.a1555 H. Latimer Frutefull Serm. (1572) ii. f. 213^v If thou wilt inquire his counsayles, & enter into his consistory, thy wit will deceaue thee.1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III ii. ii. 121 My other selfe, my counsels consistory: My Oracle, my Prophet.

a. A meeting of councillors, a council: spec. that of the Roman Emperors; so, poetically of the Olympian deities, etc. Obsolete exc. Historical or poetic.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [noun]

mootOE

councilc1275

mootingc1275

dayc1300

assembly1366

consistoryc1374

house1389

parliamentc1390

convention1554

synodal1573

synod1578

synedrion1581

convenement1603

gemot1643

consessus1646

legislative council1651

national assembly1702

council-general1817

concilium1834

runanga1857

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 37 In Consistorie a-mong þe Grekes soone He..sette hym þere as he was woned to done.

?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. bb.ii The chaumbre where she held her consystory.

1660 T. Willsford Scales Commerce & Trade A iij This noble Consistory of Senators.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 40 In mid air To Councel summons all his mighty Peers..A gloomy Consistory .

1712 A. Pope tr. Statius First Bk. Thebais in Misc. Poems 22 At Jove's Assent, the Deities around In solemn State the Consistory crown'd.

1766 H. Walpole Lett. conc. Rousseau ii. 148 Your set of literary friends..hold a consistory to consult how to argue with a madman.

a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) x. 394 Creatures of one ethereal substance, met In consistory.

1850 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire I. v. 261 Jupiter and Apollo..were recognized in the consistory of the Gallic deities.

†b. figurative. A council; as the source of decrees or determinations, the seat of authority. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > [noun] > seat of authority

seatc1175

consistorya1387

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 33 Out of þe concistorie of Goddis riȝtwisnesse com a decree.

1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. xxix. sig. ii.v^v In y^e consystorye of the blyssed trynyte is determyned irreuocably that it us behoueth all to dye.

1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. i. 14 In heauens Consistory t'was decreed.

a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) iv. ix. 116 All the imperate motions of our Wills issuing forth from the same consistory.

†3. A court of judgement; a tribunal. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun]

court1297

justicec1300

benchc1325

consistoryc1386

King's Courtc1400

open court?1456

justiciary1486

justry1489

seat1560

civil court1567

tribunal1590

judicatory1593

judicature1593

law-court1619

judiciary1623

jurisdiction1765

forum1848

c1386 G. Chaucer Doctor's Tale 162 This false Iuge..As he was wont sat in his Consistorie And yaf his doomes.

1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. v. f. 13^v Beyng come before the consistorie, where Appius sat in iudgement, Claudius began to tell a tale, and processe of the cause.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. vii. 128 The graue iudges Areopagites..in their consistorie of Iustice.

1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Matt. ix. 18 A Ruler of one of their lesser Judicatures or Consistories came.

†4. A court, a company surrounding a throne, as in heavenly consistory, consistory of saints and martyrs.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > court of

consistoryc1440

c1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine 450 Bryng vs, lorde, to þi hevynly concistory.

1510 Hours Blessed Virgin 93 All the heavenly consistorie Thee..Do worship.

1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 32 This holy man with all the whole Consistorie of Saints and Martyrs that liv'd of old.

†5. A standing-place, a station. Obsolete. rare. [So Latin consistōrium.]

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > where one takes up a position, residence, etc.

space?a1400

standa1400

stance1532

settling1582

station1587

consistory1592

roosting place1643

pitch1699

standing place1736

terrain1832

1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. K2 ^v The spirits of the fire haue their mansions vnder the regions of the Moone,..their proper consistorie, from whence they cannot start.

II. Ecclesiastical senses.

6. The ecclesiastical senate in which the Pope, presiding over the whole body of Cardinals, deliberates upon the affairs of the church. Also, a meeting of this body.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > council > cardinals > [noun] > with Pope

consistory1393

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 257 The pope..He bare it stille in his memoire, Till he cam to the consistoire.

1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin v. 254 Declared by the Pope, with the iustification of the consistorie, Duke of Romania.

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. iv. 90 Warranted By a Commission from the Consistorie, Yea, the whole Consistorie of Rome.

1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 21 The Pope himselfe..performeth all Ecclesiasticall jurisdiction as in Consistory amongst his Cardinals.

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 10. ⁋7 The Pope has lately held two other Consistories, wherein he made a Promotion of two Cardinals.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. II. vii. 149 His Holiness said that he would deliberate upon the appeal with the consistory.

1885 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. (ed. 3) 217/1 The ordinary meetings of the consistory, held about one a fortnight, are secret; they are usually, but not invariably, presided over by the Pope. Public consistories are held from time to time..in them the resolutions the Pope has arrived at in secret consistory are announced.

a. A bishop's court for ecclesiastical causes, and offences dealt with by ecclesiastical law; the diocesan court, held by the chancellor or commissary of the diocese.Formerly a court of great importance, having jurisdiction in matrimonial cases, questions of divorce, wills, administration, tithes, general ecclesiastical and moral discipline; now having authority only over ecclesiastics.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > bishop's court > [noun]

consistorya1307

a1307 Sat. Consistory Crts. in Pol. Songs (Camd.) 159 Ant seththe y go coure at constory..Seththen y pleide at bishopes plee.

c1325 Poem on Edw. II 200 in Pol. Songs (Camd.) 332 If a man have a wif, and he ne love hire noht, Bringe hire to the constorie..he shal ben to-parted so faire as he wole bidde from his wif.

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. iii. 137 Heo þat ben Curset in Constorie counteþ hit not at a Russche; For heo Copeþ þe Comissarie and Coteþ þe Clerkes.

c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 36 Þai to here constri, hom to here court calle.

1503–4 in E. Hobhouse Churchwardens' Accts. (1890) 127 For syting of Emot Thurban and Rych. Wamperfyld to y^e Conystre.

1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. ix. i. 199.

a1601 W. Lambarde Archion (1635) 13 The Consistory, holden by his Commissary at Canterbury, for his owne Diocesse.

1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy (1647) 85 Titus was also made a Bishop by the Apostles. S. Paul also was his ordainer..His worke was..to constitute rites and formes of publike Liturgy, to erect a Consistory for cognisance of causes criminall.

1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 191 Tribunals..which in the Phrase of the Canon Law, are called Consistories.

1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. III. 346 The archbishops in their prerogative courts, the bishops in their consistories, the archdeacons in some cases..exercised jurisdiction in all these matters.

1885 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. (ed. 3) 217/1 Before the Reformation every English Bishop had his consistory, composed of some of the leading clergy of the diocese, presided over by his chancellor.

b. The place where this court is held.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > bishop's court > [noun] > place of

consistory1577

1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. ix. i. 210 The second daie..the court of audience of Canturburie is kept in the consistorie in Paules in the forenoone.

1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 77 Consistory is the Counsell house of Ecclesiasticall persons.

1645 E. Pagitt Heresiogr. 40 One man and ten women, Dutch Anabaptists, were in the Consistory of Pauls condemned to be burnt in Smithfield.

c. figurative.

ΚΠ

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. Prol. 99 Drede is at þe laste Lest crist in constorie acorse ful manye.

1591 Troublesome Raigne Iohn i. sig. C3 This hart that choller keepes a consistorie, Searing my inwards with a brand of hate.

1641 E. Dering Foure Cardinall-vertues Carmelite-fryar ii. 55 I..leave you to the consistory of your own conscience.

1679 R. South Serm. Several Occasions 47 Christ himself in that great Consistory shall daign to step down from his Throne.

8. In the Lutheran Church, a board of clerical officers, local, provincial or national, usually appointed by the sovereign, and charged with the supervision of ecclesiastical affairs. Its constitution and relations to other parts of the ecclesiastical administration vary greatly in different Lutheran states.The name was retained from the bishop's consistory of pre-reformation times, of which this board retained more or less of the functions. The first consistorium was formed in Saxony in 1542; they were established in Protestant Germany generally in 1587.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > council > Lutheran > [noun]

consistory1698

ministerium1819

1698 J. Crull Antient & Present State Muscovy I. 88 The Ecclesiastical Government is..administred by a Consistory and a Superintendent.

1883 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. II. 1217 When a consistorial constitution was established, the consistory stepped adroitly into the shoes of the bishop [in Germany].

9. In the Reformed, Genevan, or Presbyterian polity, a court of presbyters; in Switzerland, Holland, and the Reformed Churches of America, corresponding to the kirk-session in Scotland; in France, now, that of a larger area, corresponding to a presbytery. The term was also familiar in England in the ecclesiastical discussions and changes of the 16th and 17th centuries.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > presbyterian > [noun] > presbytery

eldership1557

seniory1572

presbytery1581

classis1591

consistorya1593

class1644

colloquya1672

colloque1846

elderhood1860

society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > presbyterian > [noun] > kirk-session

sessiona1572

consistorya1593

kirk session1617

presbytery1655

a1593 H. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 447 At that time no deacons were chosen, nor consistories of elders erected.

a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie vii. xxiii, in Wks. (1662) 65 If one convented before their Consistories, when he standeth to make his answer [etc.].

1692 J. Quick Synodicon p. xxx In every Church there shall be a Consistory made up of those who govern it, to-wit of its Pastors and Elders, and in this Assembly as well as in all other Church-Assemblies, the Pastors are of right to be Presidents.

1692 J. Quick Synodicon p. xxxvii As Consistories are subject and subordinate unto Colloquies, so are Colloquies unto the authority of Provincial Synods.

a1693 W. Sancroft Occas. Serm. (1694) 18 I left thee; thee, a single person; not a consistory of presbyters, or a bench of elders.

1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV IV. 68 The consistory and synods were restricted in their functions, and rendered less frequent.

1873 J. Morley Rousseau II. 105 The consistory, composed mainly of a body of peasants, entirely bound to their minister in matters of religion, cited him to appear.

10. attributive (in senses 6 – 9.)

ΚΠ

1526–7 in E. Hobhouse Churchwardens' Accts. (1890) 127 For withdrawyng y^e constre cowrte.

1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 5762 in Wks. (1931) I Officialis, with thare Constry [v.r. consistorie] Clerkis.

1561 Reg. St. Andrews Kirk Sess. (1889) I. 78 Thei summond hym to compeir befoyr tham in the consistorie hows.

1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 64 The consistory court of every diocesan bishop is held in their several cathedrals for the trial of..ecclesiastical causes.

1848 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. vi The Archidiaconal Courts, the Consistory Courts, the Court of Arches, the Court of Peculiars, and the Court of Delegates were revived.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. ii. 123 The small iniquities of the consistory courts had shaken the popular faith.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	consistory
释义	consistoryn. /ˈkɒnsɪstəri//kənˈsɪstəri/ Forms: α. Middle English–1600s consistorie, Middle English concistorie, ( consistoire, Gower), 1500s consystorie, consystory(e, Middle English– consistory; β. Middle English constorie, constory, Middle English constere, constery, constri, 1500s constre, constry, ( conystre). Etymology: < Old Northern French consistorie = Central French consistoire (Provençal consistori , Italian consistorio ), < Latin consistōrium , < consistĕre : see consist v. and -ory suffix¹. The original meaning in Latin was ‘standing-place’, ‘waiting-room’, whence ‘meeting-place of the emperor's council, the emperor's cabinet’. The original English pronunciation was consiˈstorie, whence ˈconsistorie, syncopated in Middle English ˈconstorie, ˈconstrie. I. Non-ecclesiastical senses. †1. A place where councillors meet, a council-chamber. (Almost always as a translation of the corresponding French or Latin word, and never applied to anything English.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [noun] > place of > hall, house, or room > in foreign country consistoryc1320 c1320 Seuyn Sag. (W.) 156 The seuen wise..That child ladde to consistorie, That is a stede withinne Rome, Ther men makes wise dome. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Esther v. 1 And he [the king] sat vp on his see, in the constorie [a1425 L.V. consistorie, L. in consistorio palatii; 1611 royal house] of the paleis. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Concistorio, a consistorie, or a councell house. 1637 T. Heywood Dial. x. 217 I next prepare the Consistorie, Whereas the Deities in all their glory, Appoint their meetings. 1756 T. Nugent Grand Tour IV. 241 The hall called the great consistory [in Toulouse]. figurative.a1555 H. Latimer Frutefull Serm. (1572) ii. f. 213^v If thou wilt inquire his counsayles, & enter into his consistory, thy wit will deceaue thee.1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III ii. ii. 121 My other selfe, my counsels consistory: My Oracle, my Prophet. View more context for this quotation 2. a. A meeting of councillors, a council: spec. that of the Roman Emperors; so, poetically of the Olympian deities, etc. Obsolete exc. Historical or poetic. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > [noun] mootOE councilc1275 mootingc1275 dayc1300 assembly1366 consistoryc1374 house1389 parliamentc1390 convention1554 synodal1573 synod1578 synedrion1581 convenement1603 gemot1643 consessus1646 legislative council1651 national assembly1702 council-general1817 concilium1834 runanga1857 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 37 In Consistorie a-mong þe Grekes soone He..sette hym þere as he was woned to done. ?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. bb.ii The chaumbre where she held her consystory. 1660 T. Willsford Scales Commerce & Trade A iij This noble Consistory of Senators. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 40 In mid air To Councel summons all his mighty Peers..A gloomy Consistory . View more context for this quotation 1712 A. Pope tr. Statius First Bk. Thebais in Misc. Poems 22 At Jove's Assent, the Deities around In solemn State the Consistory crown'd. 1766 H. Walpole Lett. conc. Rousseau ii. 148 Your set of literary friends..hold a consistory to consult how to argue with a madman. a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) x. 394 Creatures of one ethereal substance, met In consistory. 1850 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire I. v. 261 Jupiter and Apollo..were recognized in the consistory of the Gallic deities. †b. figurative. A council; as the source of decrees or determinations, the seat of authority. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > seat of authority seatc1175 consistorya1387 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 33 Out of þe concistorie of Goddis riȝtwisnesse com a decree. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. xxix. sig. ii.v^v In y^e consystorye of the blyssed trynyte is determyned irreuocably that it us behoueth all to dye. 1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. i. 14 In heauens Consistory t'was decreed. a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) iv. ix. 116 All the imperate motions of our Wills issuing forth from the same consistory. †3. A court of judgement; a tribunal. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > [noun] court1297 justicec1300 benchc1325 consistoryc1386 King's Courtc1400 open court?1456 justiciary1486 justry1489 seat1560 civil court1567 tribunal1590 judicatory1593 judicature1593 law-court1619 judiciary1623 jurisdiction1765 forum1848 c1386 G. Chaucer Doctor's Tale 162 This false Iuge..As he was wont sat in his Consistorie And yaf his doomes. 1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. v. f. 13^v Beyng come before the consistorie, where Appius sat in iudgement, Claudius began to tell a tale, and processe of the cause. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. vii. 128 The graue iudges Areopagites..in their consistorie of Iustice. 1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Matt. ix. 18 A Ruler of one of their lesser Judicatures or Consistories came. †4. A court, a company surrounding a throne, as in heavenly consistory, consistory of saints and martyrs. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [noun] > court of consistoryc1440 c1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine 450 Bryng vs, lorde, to þi hevynly concistory. 1510 Hours Blessed Virgin 93 All the heavenly consistorie Thee..Do worship. 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 32 This holy man with all the whole Consistorie of Saints and Martyrs that liv'd of old. †5. A standing-place, a station. Obsolete. rare. [So Latin consistōrium.] ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > position or situation > [noun] > where one takes up a position, residence, etc. space?a1400 standa1400 stance1532 settling1582 station1587 consistory1592 roosting place1643 pitch1699 standing place1736 terrain1832 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. K2 ^v The spirits of the fire haue their mansions vnder the regions of the Moone,..their proper consistorie, from whence they cannot start. II. Ecclesiastical senses. 6. The ecclesiastical senate in which the Pope, presiding over the whole body of Cardinals, deliberates upon the affairs of the church. Also, a meeting of this body. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > council > cardinals > [noun] > with Pope consistory1393 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 257 The pope..He bare it stille in his memoire, Till he cam to the consistoire. 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin v. 254 Declared by the Pope, with the iustification of the consistorie, Duke of Romania. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. iv. 90 Warranted By a Commission from the Consistorie, Yea, the whole Consistorie of Rome. View more context for this quotation 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 21 The Pope himselfe..performeth all Ecclesiasticall jurisdiction as in Consistory amongst his Cardinals. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 10. ⁋7 The Pope has lately held two other Consistories, wherein he made a Promotion of two Cardinals. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. II. vii. 149 His Holiness said that he would deliberate upon the appeal with the consistory. 1885 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. (ed. 3) 217/1 The ordinary meetings of the consistory, held about one a fortnight, are secret; they are usually, but not invariably, presided over by the Pope. Public consistories are held from time to time..in them the resolutions the Pope has arrived at in secret consistory are announced. 7. a. A bishop's court for ecclesiastical causes, and offences dealt with by ecclesiastical law; the diocesan court, held by the chancellor or commissary of the diocese.Formerly a court of great importance, having jurisdiction in matrimonial cases, questions of divorce, wills, administration, tithes, general ecclesiastical and moral discipline; now having authority only over ecclesiastics. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > bishop's court > [noun] consistorya1307 a1307 Sat. Consistory Crts. in Pol. Songs (Camd.) 159 Ant seththe y go coure at constory..Seththen y pleide at bishopes plee. c1325 Poem on Edw. II 200 in Pol. Songs (Camd.) 332 If a man have a wif, and he ne love hire noht, Bringe hire to the constorie..he shal ben to-parted so faire as he wole bidde from his wif. 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. iii. 137 Heo þat ben Curset in Constorie counteþ hit not at a Russche; For heo Copeþ þe Comissarie and Coteþ þe Clerkes. c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 36 Þai to here constri, hom to here court calle. 1503–4 in E. Hobhouse Churchwardens' Accts. (1890) 127 For syting of Emot Thurban and Rych. Wamperfyld to y^e Conystre. 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. ix. i. 199. a1601 W. Lambarde Archion (1635) 13 The Consistory, holden by his Commissary at Canterbury, for his owne Diocesse. 1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy (1647) 85 Titus was also made a Bishop by the Apostles. S. Paul also was his ordainer..His worke was..to constitute rites and formes of publike Liturgy, to erect a Consistory for cognisance of causes criminall. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 191 Tribunals..which in the Phrase of the Canon Law, are called Consistories. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. III. 346 The archbishops in their prerogative courts, the bishops in their consistories, the archdeacons in some cases..exercised jurisdiction in all these matters. 1885 W. E. Addis & T. Arnold Catholic Dict. (ed. 3) 217/1 Before the Reformation every English Bishop had his consistory, composed of some of the leading clergy of the diocese, presided over by his chancellor. b. The place where this court is held. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > bishop's court > [noun] > place of consistory1577 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. ix. i. 210 The second daie..the court of audience of Canturburie is kept in the consistorie in Paules in the forenoone. 1641 Rastell's Termes de la Ley (new ed.) f. 77 Consistory is the Counsell house of Ecclesiasticall persons. 1645 E. Pagitt Heresiogr. 40 One man and ten women, Dutch Anabaptists, were in the Consistory of Pauls condemned to be burnt in Smithfield. c. figurative. ΚΠ 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. Prol. 99 Drede is at þe laste Lest crist in constorie acorse ful manye. 1591 Troublesome Raigne Iohn i. sig. C3 This hart that choller keepes a consistorie, Searing my inwards with a brand of hate. 1641 E. Dering Foure Cardinall-vertues Carmelite-fryar ii. 55 I..leave you to the consistory of your own conscience. 1679 R. South Serm. Several Occasions 47 Christ himself in that great Consistory shall daign to step down from his Throne. 8. In the Lutheran Church, a board of clerical officers, local, provincial or national, usually appointed by the sovereign, and charged with the supervision of ecclesiastical affairs. Its constitution and relations to other parts of the ecclesiastical administration vary greatly in different Lutheran states.The name was retained from the bishop's consistory of pre-reformation times, of which this board retained more or less of the functions. The first consistorium was formed in Saxony in 1542; they were established in Protestant Germany generally in 1587. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > council > Lutheran > [noun] consistory1698 ministerium1819 1698 J. Crull Antient & Present State Muscovy I. 88 The Ecclesiastical Government is..administred by a Consistory and a Superintendent. 1883 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. II. 1217 When a consistorial constitution was established, the consistory stepped adroitly into the shoes of the bishop [in Germany]. 9. In the Reformed, Genevan, or Presbyterian polity, a court of presbyters; in Switzerland, Holland, and the Reformed Churches of America, corresponding to the kirk-session in Scotland; in France, now, that of a larger area, corresponding to a presbytery. The term was also familiar in England in the ecclesiastical discussions and changes of the 16th and 17th centuries. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > presbyterian > [noun] > presbytery eldership1557 seniory1572 presbytery1581 classis1591 consistorya1593 class1644 colloquya1672 colloque1846 elderhood1860 society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > presbyterian > [noun] > kirk-session sessiona1572 consistorya1593 kirk session1617 presbytery1655 a1593 H. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 447 At that time no deacons were chosen, nor consistories of elders erected. a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie vii. xxiii, in Wks. (1662) 65 If one convented before their Consistories, when he standeth to make his answer [etc.]. 1692 J. Quick Synodicon p. xxx In every Church there shall be a Consistory made up of those who govern it, to-wit of its Pastors and Elders, and in this Assembly as well as in all other Church-Assemblies, the Pastors are of right to be Presidents. 1692 J. Quick Synodicon p. xxxvii As Consistories are subject and subordinate unto Colloquies, so are Colloquies unto the authority of Provincial Synods. a1693 W. Sancroft Occas. Serm. (1694) 18 I left thee; thee, a single person; not a consistory of presbyters, or a bench of elders. 1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV IV. 68 The consistory and synods were restricted in their functions, and rendered less frequent. 1873 J. Morley Rousseau II. 105 The consistory, composed mainly of a body of peasants, entirely bound to their minister in matters of religion, cited him to appear. 10. attributive (in senses 6 – 9.) ΚΠ 1526–7 in E. Hobhouse Churchwardens' Accts. (1890) 127 For withdrawyng y^e constre cowrte. 1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 5762 in Wks. (1931) I Officialis, with thare Constry [v.r. consistorie] Clerkis. 1561 Reg. St. Andrews Kirk Sess. (1889) I. 78 Thei summond hym to compeir befoyr tham in the consistorie hows. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 64 The consistory court of every diocesan bishop is held in their several cathedrals for the trial of..ecclesiastical causes. 1848 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. vi The Archidiaconal Courts, the Consistory Courts, the Court of Arches, the Court of Peculiars, and the Court of Delegates were revived. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. ii. 123 The small iniquities of the consistory courts had shaken the popular faith. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1307
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