consistory > define

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

by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary