The Collaborative International Dictionary
Consistorial \Con`sis*to"ri*al\, a. [Cf. F. consistorial.]
Of or pertaining to a consistory. ``Consistorial laws.''
--Hooker. ``Consistorial courts.''
--Bp. Hoadley.
Wiktionary
a. Of or pertaining to a consistory
Usage examples of "consistorial".
The most active branches are the Consistorial Court of Discipline and the Society of the Work of the Holy Spirit, and," said Lord Roke, "I have spies in both of them.
As for the Consistorial Court of Discipline, it's holding an inquiry at the moment, with witnesses from Bolvangar and elsewhere.
It will take the Consistorial Court a little longer, but when they do, they will act decisively, and at once.
Presidents served for life, and he was only in his forties, so it was to be expected that Father MacPhail would mold the destiny of the Consistorial Court, and thus of the whole Church, for many years to come.
Coulter's activities, suggest that they are hoping to replace the Consistorial Court of Discipline as the most powerful and effective arm of the Holy Church.
Preemptive penance and absolution were doctrines researched and developed by the Consistorial Court, but not known to the wider Church.
The Lady Salmakia's contact in the Society had told her that earlier that evening they had received a friendly invitation from the President of the Consistorial Court to come and discuss matters of mutual interest.
The little spy, the Lady Salmakia, had watched from the shadows as the two powerful arms of the Church, the Consistorial Court of Discipline and the Society of the Work of the Holy Spirit, agreed to put their differences aside and pool their knowledge.
The Society had a swifter and more skillful alethiometrist than Fra Pavel, and thanks to him, the Consistorial Court now knew exactly where Lyra was, and more: they knew that Lord Asriel had sent a force to rescue her.
And they both knew that whoever got there first would have the advantage, but there wasn't much in it: Lord Asriel's gyropters were faster than the zeppelins of the Consistorial Court, but they had farther to fly, and they were limited by the speed of their own zeppelin tanker.
It would be easier for the Consistorial Court, because they didn't have to consider getting Lyra away safely.
He remembered the testimony of Fra Pavel in the inquiry at the Consistorial Court: this must be the knife he meant.
The Consistorial Court of Discipline intends to send a squad to the cave as soon as they land.
They had thought of making Lord Asriel a proposition: of offering to go to the Consistorial Court of Discipline and spying for him.
I know exactly what she'll do: she'll go to the Consistorial Court and give them the intention craft as an earnest pledge of good faith, and then she'll spy.