consistorie

English

Noun

consistorie (plural consistories)

1. Obsolete spelling of consistory.
   • 1590, Matth[ew] Sutcliffe, “Of the Contrarietie of Their Discipline”, in A Treatise of Ecclesiasticall Discipline: […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Nevvberie, →OCLC, page 111:

     To call in queſtion the iuriſdiction of Archbiſhops, they affirme that no man is to take vpon him an office but hee that is called, as vvas Aaron: but they are not avvare, that the ſame poſition ſhreddeth avvay the vvilde autoritie of doctors, elders, conſiſtorie, conferences, & their abſurd and irregular Synodes, vvhich (as enemies in an aſſault enter the breach) vvould ſteale into the Church through the ruines thereof.

   • 1629, Zachary Boyd, The Last Battell of the Soule in Death‎^[1], Edinburgh: the heirs of Andro Hart, page 1253:

     No man can [te]ll how soone hee shall bee arraigned in the great Iudge his Consistorie: The day of this life wherein onelie wee can worke, declineth a pace: The fearfull night cloud hath taken post. So soone as it shall come, man shall bee discharged to worke any more.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔnsɪsˈtoːri/

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• Hyphenation: con‧sis‧to‧rie

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin consistorium.

Noun

consistorie n (plural consistories, diminutive consistorietje n)

1. consistory
   1. (Roman Catholicism) meeting of the College of Cardinals
   2. (Protestantism) congregational council

Descendants

• Afrikaans: konsistorie
• → Indonesian: konsistori
• → West Frisian: konsistoarje

Etymology 2

The same as etymology 1 or a shortening of consistoriekamer.

Noun

consistorie f (plural consistories, diminutive consistorietje n)

1. (Protestantism) consistory, room where such a church council usually gathers for meetings