consistory
Ecclesiastical advisory council
A consistory is a formal assembly of religious or governmental officials, most commonly a council of cardinals convened by the Pope to conduct Church business or a court in certain Protestant denominations handling ecclesiastical matters.
The term suggests solemnity and official procedure: The Pope announced new cardinals at the consistory.
In some contexts, it refers to any deliberative council or tribunal.
Bishop's territorial jurisdiction
- curiaAdministrative assembly hall
- chanceryEquity tribunal or archives
- seePerceive with eyes
- VaticanPapal city-state
bishopric · archdiocese · deanery · presbytery · parish · metropolitan · suffragan · province
Formal ceremonial gathering
- conclavePrivate, secretive assembly
- synodChurch governing assembly
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- meetingGathering for discussion
gathering · cardinals · bishops · clergy · pope · deliberation · consultation · council
Religious institutional regulations
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- chancellorSenior administrative official
- testamentaryOf or concerning wills
probate · matrimonial · dispensation · penance · excommunication · interdict · adjudication · sentence
Organizational oversight and control
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- decision-makingProcess of choosing actions
- policyAdopted principle of action
regulation · discipline · supervision · appointment · nomination · promotion · episcopal · hierarchy
diocese
Bishop's territorial jurisdiction
Vatican · bishopric · archdiocese · deanery · presbytery · parish · metropolitan · suffragan · province · vicariate
convocation
Formal ceremonial gathering
meeting · gathering · cardinals · bishops · clergy · pope · deliberation · consultation · council · proceedings
canon law
Religious institutional regulations
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- chancellorSenior administrative official
testamentary · probate · matrimonial · dispensation · penance · excommunication · interdict · adjudication · sentence · censure
administration
Organizational oversight and control
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- decision-makingProcess of choosing actions
policy · regulation · discipline · supervision · appointment · nomination · promotion · episcopal · hierarchy · directive
- Catholic ChurchVatican, papacy, cardinals, popes, papal
- Councilstown council, city council, county council, national council, parish council
- governing bodiesgoverning body, governing council, senate, board of directors, parliament
- institutionsacademy, government, public hospitals, museum, public libraries
- papacypontiff, Pope, pope, Holy See, papal election
- cardinalsnorthern cardinal, cardinals, cardinal direction, cardinal points, cardinal virtue
consistorycivil court
Forum for private disputes
parliament · legislature · state assembly · criminal court · state court
resist, insist, existence, persistent, consistent, inconsistent, consist, inconsistency, existent