Part 2311

<h1>Consistently</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 308 proofed -->>

<hw>Con*sist"ent*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a consistent manner.</def>

<h1>Consistorial</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 308 proofed -->>

<hw>Con`sis*to"ri*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>consistorial</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to a consistory.</def> "<i>Consistorial</i> laws." <i>Hooker.</i> "<i>Consistorial</i> courts." <i>Bp. Hoadley.</i>

<h1>Consistorian</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 308 proofed -->>

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

<blockquote>You fall next on the <b>consistorian</b> schismatics; for so you call Presbyterians. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Consistory</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 308 proofed -->>

<hw>Con*sis"to*ry</hw> <tt>(? or ?; 277)</tt> <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Consistories</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>consistorium</ets> a place of assembly, the place where the emperor's council met, fr. <ets>consistere</ets>: cf. F. <ets>consistoire</ets>, It. <ets>consistorio</ets>. See <er>Consist</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Primarily, a place of standing or staying together; hence, any solemn assembly or council.</def>

<blockquote>To council summons all his mighty peers, Within thick clouds and dark tenfold involved, A gloomy <b>consistory</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Eng. Ch.)</fld> <def>The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere.</def>

<i>Hook.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld> <def>An assembly of prelates; a session of the college of cardinals at Rome.</def>

<blockquote>Pius was then hearing of causes in <b>consistory</b>. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A church tribunal or governing body.</def>

<note>&hand; In some churches, as the Dutch Reformed in America, a <i>consistory</i> is composed of the minister and elders of an individual church, corresponding to a Presbyterian church session, and in others, as the Reformed church in France, it is composed of ministers and elders, corresponding to a presbytery. In some Lutheran countries it is a body of clerical and lay officers appointed by the sovereign to superintend ecclesiastical affairs.</note>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A civil court of justice.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Consistory</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 308 proofed -->>

<hw>Con*sis"to*ry</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a consistory.</def> "To hold <i>consistory</i> session."

<i>Strype.</i>

<h1>Consociate</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 308 proofed -->>

<hw>Con*so"ci*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>nsociatus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>consociare</ets> to associate, unite; <ets>con-</ets> + <ets>sociare</ets> to join, unite. See <er>Social</er>.]</ety> <def>An associate; an accomplice.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark> "Wicked <i>consociates</i>."

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<h1>Consociate</h1> <Xpage=<-- p. 308 proofed -->>

<hw>Con*so"ci*ate</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p.p.</tt> <er>Consociated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p.pr. & vb.n.</tt> <er>Consociating</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To bring into alliance, confederacy, or relationship; to bring together; to join; to unite.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Join pole to pole, <b>consociate</b> severed worlds. <i>Mallet.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To unite in an ecclesiastical consociation.</def> <mark>[U.S.]</mark>