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Definition of Consistorial
1. a. Of or pertaining to a consistory.
Definition of Consistorial
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a consistory ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Consistorial
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Consistorial
Literary usage of Consistorial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Irish Jurist (1864)
"The consistorial and Diocesan Court and Registry of the Diocese of Raphoe shall
be united to the Diocesan Court and Registry of the Diocese ol 12. ..."
2. The Lawyer's Reference Manual of Law Books and Citations by Charles Carroll Soule (1882)
"These cases were also appended, in 1829, to a Treatise on the Present State of
the consistorial Law in Scotland, by the same author. EXCHEQUER. ..."
3. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"Sir William Scott (Lord Stowell) was probably more eminent in his department (the
consistorial Courts) than his better-known brother, Lord Chancellor Eldon. ..."
4. A Handbook of the Law of Scotland by James Lorimer, Russell Bell (1885)
"consistorial actions—ie declarators of marriage, nullity of marriage, declarators
of legitimacy and bastardy, actions of divorce and separation—must now be ..."
5. A History of the Reformation by Thomas Martin Lindsay (1906)
"The mediaeval bishop had exercised his right of oversight through a consistorial
court composed of theologians and canon lawyers appointed by himself. ..."
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