cons is ten tes (konsistentez)

pl. [LL. (tr. with (the faithful), pl. of L. cons is ten (t-)s, ppr. of consist ere, stand together: see consistent.] In the penitential system of the early church, especially in the Eastern church during the second half of the third and the whole of the fourth century, penitents occupying the fourth or highest penitential station. They were allowed to remain throughout the eucharistic service and take their station with the faithful above the ambo, but not to offer oblations or be admitted to communion. Also called by stand ers. See penitent, n. consistently (kon-sis'tent-li), adv. In a consistent manner; with consistency or congruency; uniformly: as, to command confidence, a man must act consistently. There has been but One amongst the sons of men who has said and done consistently ; who said, "I come to do Thy will, O God," and without delay or hindrance did it consistingt (kon-sis'ting), p . a . [Ppr. of consist , v.] 1. Having consistence. J. H. Newman , Parochial Sermons, i. 175. Flame doth not mingle with flame, as air doth with air, with water, only remain eth contiguous; as Bacon, Nat. Hist., § 31. it cometh to pa betwixt consisting bodies. 2. Consistent: followed by with . You could not help bestowing more than is consisting with the fortune of a private man, or with the will of any but an Alexander. Dryden, Ded. of Fables. IMG:content-1117.png:[blocks in formation] Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), II. 239. Consistorial court. Same as commi ary - court ( a ). His [Boehme's] famous colloquy with the Upper Consistorial Court was made the occasion of a flattering but transient ovation on the part of a new circle of admirers. Encyc . Brit ., III. 852. consistorian (kon-sis-toʻri-an), a. [ sist or i an us , consistorium , consistory: see con sistory .] consistory (kon-sis'tō-ri or kon's is-to-ri), n. and a. [ This false juge.. sat in his consistorie. Chaucer, Doctor's Tale, 1. 162. To council summons all his mighty peers, Within thick clouds and dark tenfold involved, A gloomy consistory. Milton , P. R., i. 42. IMG:content-1118.jpg:[blocks in formation] Lamb , Quakers' Meeting. Hence-2. An ecclesiastical or spiritual court, or the place where such a court is held. Before the Reformation every bishop had his consistory, composed of some of the leading clergy of the diocese, presided over by his chancellor. In the Anglican Church every bish op has still his consistory court, held before his chancellor or commi ary in the cathedral church, or some other convenient place, for the trial of ecclesiastical causes. They confest... [their fault] before the whole cons is tory of God's ministers. Hooker , Eccles. Polity, vi. 4. They [the Apostles) surrounded their own central consistory with lines impa able to treachery. De Quincey, E enes, i. The archbishops in their prerogative courts, the bishops in their consistories, the archdeacons in some cases.. exercised jurisdiction. Stubbs , Const. Hist., $ 401. 3. (a) In the Reformed ( Dutch ) Ch., the lowest ecclesiastical court, having charge of the government of the local church, and corresponding to the se ion of the Presbyterian Church. (b) In the Reformed (French) Ch., a higher court, corresponding to a presbytery.-4. In the Rom. Cath. Ch., an ecclesiastical senate, consisting of the whole body of cardinals, which deliberates upon the affairs of the church. It is presided over by the pope, or by the dean of the College of Cardinals. The ordinary meetings of the consistory are secret; but public consistories are held from time to time as occasion may require, and are attended by other prelates than the cardinals; the resolutions arrived at in secret se ion are announced in them. The Pope himselfe per for meth all Ecclesiastic all jurisdiction as in Consistory amongst his Cardinals, which were originally but the Parish Priests of Rome. Milton, Reformation in Eng., i. In full consistory, When I was made Archbishop, he [the pope] approved me. Tennyson, Queen Mary, v. 2. 5. In the Luther an state churches, a board of clerical officers, either national or provincial, usually appointed by the sovereign, charged with various matters of ecclesiastical administration. II. a . Belonging to or of the nature of a consistory.