Consistory

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A consistory may refer to:

• In the Roman empire, a formal meeting of the comites consistoriales
• Consistory court, a type of ecclesiastical court in the Church of England in the United Kingdom
• A papal consistory, a formal meeting of the Sacred College of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church
• In Scandinavia, the chapter of a cathedral
• Consistory (Protestantism), a distinct governmental and ecclesiastical office in Europe
• In continental Reformed churches, a session or governing body of a local church
• Consistory (Judaism), a body governing the Jewish congregations of a province or of a country, primarily those under French influence; also the district administered by the consistory
• The Spiritual Consistory, an ecclesiastical office in the Russian Orthodox Church during the Synodal-period

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