Definition of consistory

• n. - Primarily, a place of standing or staying together; hence, any solemn assembly or council.
• n. - The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere.
• n. - An assembly of prelates; a session of the college of cardinals at Rome.
• n. - A church tribunal or governing body.
• n. - A civil court of justice.
• a. - Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a consistory.