单词 consistory 释义 BETA

Examples ofconsistory

Dictionary> Examples ofconsistoryconsistoryisn’t in the Cambridge Dictionary yet. You can help!Add a definitionCanonically, onlyconsistorycourts, not archidiaconal ones, 116 could commute to pecuniary penalties.From theCambridge English CorpusI must be careful to avoid any comment on that case, which is now before theconsistorycourt and is therefore sub judice.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0He is referring to a case that may arise under a so-called faculty application in theconsistorycourt.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0The vice-chancellor was nonetheless at times confronted by tangible hostility in theconsistoryfrom those summoned to court in office proceedings.From theCambridge English CorpusGradually, therefore, women became the only plaintiffs to prosecute inconsistorycourts.From theCambridge English CorpusNo town council minutes have survived from 1560 to 1580, andconsistoryrecords are only available for 1595-8.From theCambridge English CorpusIn both consistories, the church officials were voted into their posts by the church community.From theCambridge English CorpusAlthough the bill was never passed, it was probably with such deliberations in mind that theconsistorycourt delivered their (perhaps surprisingly lenient) sentence.From theCambridge English CorpusMost church property was confiscated and the authorities purged theconsistoryof members perceived as disloyal to the system, replacing them with persons regarded as unlikely to cause trouble.From theCambridge English CorpusGiven the city's turbulent history, it is not surprising that there are virtually no tax-records, hardly any original city council minutes and noconsistorycourt registers.From theCambridge English CorpusHis detailed descriptions of the inner workings of theconsistory, for instance, reveal apparently genuine concern about domestic stability and a generally consistent judiciousness and restraint in achieving the same.From theCambridge English CorpusFinally, what appears in theconsistoryregister is a systematic exposition of the functions of the various church officials, specifying their roles and providing a blueprint for action.From theCambridge English CorpusIt would be misleading to characterize theconsistoryas biased if that implies a set of relevant individual distinctions not shared by the majority of its society.From theCambridge English CorpusPrussia had a network of consistories that oversaw all preachers, both rural and urban.From theCambridge English Corpus

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