Answer: consistories

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consistoriesCONSISTORY, a solemn assembly or council; a church tribunal
consistories(in the Church of England) A court presided over by a bishop, for the administration of ecclesiastical law in a diocese
consistories(in the Roman Catholic Church) The council of cardinals, with or without the pope
consistories(in other churches) A local administrative body
consistoriesA church council or court, in particular