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Con`sis*to"ri*al (?), a. [Cf. F.
consistorial.] Of or pertaining to a
consistory. "Consistorial laws." Hooker.
"Consistorial courts." Bp. Hoadley.

Con`sis*to"rian (?), a.
Pertaining to a Presbyterian consistory; -- a contemptuous
term of 17th century controversy.

You fall next on the consistorian
schismatics; for so you call Presbyterians.

Milton.

Con*sis"to*ry (? or ?; 277) n.;
pl. Consistories (#). [L.
consistorium a place of assembly, the place where the
emperor's council met, fr. consistere: cf. F.
consistoire, It. consistorio. See Consist.]
1. Primarily, a place of standing or staying
together; hence, any solemn assembly or council.

To council summons all his mighty peers,

Within thick clouds and dark tenfold involved,

A gloomy consistory.

Milton.

2. (Eng. Ch.) The spiritual court
of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner
in his cathedral church or elsewhere. Hook.


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