Latin edit

Etymology edit

From cōnsistō (stop, stand) +‎ -tōrium (place suffix).

Noun edit

cōnsistōrium n (genitive cōnsistōriī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) a place of assembly
  2. (Late Latin) the emperor’s cabinet
  3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) consistory (pontifical court; session of the College of Cardinals)

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cōnsistōrium cōnsistōria
Genitive cōnsistōriī cōnsistōriōrum
Dative cōnsistōriō cōnsistōriīs
Accusative cōnsistōrium cōnsistōria
Ablative cōnsistōriō cōnsistōriīs
Vocative cōnsistōrium cōnsistōria

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References edit

  • consistorium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • consistorium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • consistorium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • consistorium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • consistorium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin