Consist

kon-sist′, v.i. to exist, subsist: to co-exist: to agree.— ns. Consist′ence , Consist′ency , a degree of density: substance: agreement: the quality of being self-consistent.— adj. Consistent , fixed: not fluid: agreeing together: uniform in thought or action.— adv. Consist′ently .— adjs. Consistō′rial , Consistō′rian .— n. Consist′ory , properly a place of a embly: the particular place where the privy-council of the Roman emperor met, the council itself: an a embly or council: a spiritual or ecclesiastical court in the R.C. Church, consisting of the pope and cardinals, and determining all such matters as the appointment of cardinals, bishops, .; in the Luther an Church, exercising a supervision over religion and education, over the clergy, schoolmasters, and theological candidates; in the Reformed Church, the kirk-se ion, or the presbytery.— Consist in , to lie in: to depend upon: to be composed of; Consist of , to be made up of. [L. consistĕre — con , together, sistĕre , to stand.]