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Consistory
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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(Latin: consistere, to stand together)
A court, especially an ecclesiastical court; a court of presbyters; an assembly of cardinals for purposes of deliberation, presided over by the pope. The last is secret, if only the cardinals and the pope are present; semi-public, if bishops also take part in it; and public, if Apostolic prothonotaries or other prelates are called to it.
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Entry for 'Consistory'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/c/consistory.html. 1910.
Entry for 'Consistory'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/c/consistory.html. 1910.
