consistorial 
consistorial (kon-sis-to'ri-al), a. [= F. con- 
sistorial = Sp. Pg. consistorial ; as consistory + 
-<il.] Pertaining or relating to a consistory, or 
an ecclesiastical judicatory. 
Consistorial laws. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, Pref. 
How can the presbytery . . . rule anil govern in causes 
spiritual and miuristorial ? 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 239. 
Consistorial court. Same as commissary-court (a). 
His [Boehme's] famous colloquy with the Upper Con- 
sistorial Court was made the occasion of a flattering but 
transient ovation on the part of a new circle of admirers. 
Encyc. Brit., III. 852. 
consistorian (kon-sis-to'ri-an), a. [< LL. con- 
xistoruiHun, < consistorium, consistory : see con- 
History."] Consistorial. 
consistory (kon-sis'to-ri or kon'sis-to-ri), n. and 
a. [< ME. consistorie'= F. consistoire = Pr. con- 
sistori = Sp. Pg. consistorio = It. consistorio, con- 
sistoro, < LL. consistorium, a place of assembly, 
a council, < L. consistere, stand with, occupy a 
place, etc.: see consist.] I. . ; pi. consistories 
(-riz). 1. A place of meeting; especially, a 
council-house or place of justice, or the assem- 
bly which convenes in it ; under the Eoman 
emperors, a privy council. 
This false juge . . . sat in his consistorie. 
Chaucer, Doctor's Tale, 1. 162. 
To council summons all his mighty peers, 
Within thick clouds and dark tenfold involved, 
A gloomy conuixtory. Milton, P. R., i. 42. 
There are . . . the chamber of justice, of twenty-five ; 
the praetorian chamber, of thirteen ; . . . the consistory, 
of nine ; and the chamber of accounts, of nine. 
J. Adams, Works, IV. 340. 
What a lesson dost thou read to council, and to consis- 
tory ! Lamb, Quakers' Meeting. 
Hence 2. An ecclesiastical or spiritual court, 
or the place where such a court is held. Before 
the Reformation every bishop had his consistory, com- 
posed of some of the leading clergy of the diocese, presided 
over by his chancellor. In the Anglican Church every bish- 
op has still his consistory court, held before his chancellor 
or commissary in the cathedral church, or some other con- 
venient place, for tile trial of ecclesiastical causes. 
They confest . . . [their fault] before the whole consitt- 
tory of God's ministers. Hooker, Eccles. Polity, vi. 4. 
They [the Apostles) surrounded their own central con- 
sistory witli lines impassable to treachery. 
De Quincey, Esseues, i. 
The archbishops in their prerogative courts, the bishops 
in their consistories, the archdeacons in some cases . . . 
exercised jurisdiction. Stubbx, Const. Hist., 401. 
3. (a) In the Reformed (Dutch) Ch., the lowest 
ecclesiastical court, having charge of the gov- 
ernment of the local church, and correspond- 
ing to the session of the Presbyterian Church. 
(b) In the Reformed (French) Ch., a higher 
court, corresponding to a presbytery. 4. In 
the Horn. Cath. Ch., an ecclesiastical senate, 
consisting of the whole body of cardinals, which 
deliberates upon the affairs of the church, it 
is presided over by the pope, or by the dean of the Col- 
lege of Cardinals. The ordinary meetings of the consistory 
are secret ; but public consistories are held from time to 
time as occasion may require, and are attended by other 
prelates than tile cardinals ; the resolutions arrived at in 
secret session are announced in them. 
The Pope himselfe . . . performeth all Ecclesiastical! 
jurisdiction as in Consistory amongst his Cardinals, which 
were originally but the Parish Priests of Rome. 
Milton, Reformation in Eng., i. 
In full consistory, 
When I was made Archbishop, he [the pope] approved me. 
Tennyson, Queen Mary, v. 2. 
5. In the Lutheran state churches, a board of 
clerical officers, either national or provincial, 
usually appointed by the sovereign, charged 
with various matters of ecclesiastical adminis- 
tration. 
II. . Belonging to or of the nature of a con- 
sistory. 
consitiont, " [<L. consitio(n-), a sowing, < con- 
serere, pp. consitus, sow together, < com-, to- 
gether, + serere, sow.] A planting together. 
Coles, 1717. 
consociate (kon-so'-shi-at), v.; pret. and pp. 
consoeiated, ppr. consociating. [< L. consocia- 
tus, pp. of consociare, unite, connect, associate, 
< com-, together, + sotiare, unite, < socius, joined 
with, etc. (as a noun, a companion) : see social. 
Cf. associate, v.] I. trans. If. To unite ; join; 
associate ; connect. 
The ship . . . carrieth riches and commodities from 
place to place, and cotixociateth the most remote regions 
in participation of their fruits. 
Bacon, Advancement of Learning, i. 101. 
Join pole to pole, conxociate severed worlds. 
Mallett, Amyntor and Theodora. 
2. In New England, to bring together in an as- 
sembly or convention, as pastors and messen- 
gers or delegates of Congregational churches. 
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II. intrans. 1. To unite ; come together ; co- 
alesce. Bentley. [Bare or obsolete.] 2. In 
New England, to unite or meet in a body form- 
ing a consociation of churches. See consocia- 
tion, 2. 
consociatet (kon-s6'shi-at), . [< L. consocia- 
tus, pp. : see the verb. Cf. associate, .] An 
associate; a partner; a companion; a confed- 
erate. 
Consociates In the conspiracy of Somerset. 
Sir J. Hayward. 
I, having apart In the plantation, will receive you as my 
partners and consociates, so may you be free from service. 
N. Morton, New England's Memorial, p. 136. 
consociation (kon-so-shi-a'shon), n. [< L. con- 
sociatio(n-), < consociare, pp. consociatus, asso- 
ciate: see consociate, v.] 1. Intimate associ- 
ation of persons or things ; fellowship ; alli- 
ance ; companionship ; union. [Bare or obso- 
lete, having been superseded by association.'] 
There is such a consociation of offices between the Prince 
and whom his favour breeds, that they may help to sus- 
tain his power, as he their knowledge. 
B. Jonxon, Discoveries. 
Mr. Cleaves and the rest, about thirty persons, wrote to 
our governour for assistance against Mr. Vines, and ten- 
dered themselves to the consociation of the United Colo- 
nies. Winthrop, Hist. New England, II. 187. 
To flght a duel is ... a consociation of many of the 
worst acts that a person ordinarily can be guilty of. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 220. 
2. In the United States, an ecclesiastical body 
substituted by some Congregational churches 
for a council. It is usually composed of the pastors of 
the Congregational churches of the district represented 
and one lay delegate from each. It differs from a council 
in having a permanent organization, and it is also regarded 
by many as possessing a certain ecclesiastical authority, 
while the power of councils in the Congregational system 
is merely advisory. 
consociational (kpn-so-shi-a'shon-al), a. [< con- 
sociation + -a/.] Pertaining to a consociation. 
COnsolable (kon-so'la-bl), a. [< F. c&nsolable, 
< OF. consoldb'le = Sp. consolable = Pg. consola- 
vel, < L. consolabilis, < consolari, console : see. 
console^ and -able.] Capable of being consoled, 
or of being mitigated by consolation ; capable 
of receiving consolation ; admitting of conso- 
lation. 
A long, long weeping, not conxolable. 
Tennyson, Merlin and Vivien. 
consolatet (kon'so-lat), . t. [< L. consolatus, 
pp. of consolari, console: see console 1 .] To 
comfort; console. 
To consolate thine ear. Shak., All's Well, ill. 2. 
Cast-oif, my heart, thy deep despairing fears ; 
That which most grieves mee, most doth consolate. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Triumph of Faith, iv. 38. 
The entrance we had upon the spirit of the schult [chief 
governor] a little connotated us. 
Penn, Travels in Holland, etc. 
consolation (kon-so-la'shon), n. [< F. conso- 
lation = Sp. consolation = Pg. consolacSo = It. 
consolazione, < L. consolatio(n-), < consolari, pp. 
consolatus, console : see console^.] 1. Allevia- 
tion of misery or distress of mind ; mitigation 
of grief or anxiety ; an imparting or receiving 
of mental relief or comfort ; solace : as, to ad- 
minister consolation to the afflicted ; to find con- 
solation in religion or philosophy, or in selfish 
indulgence. 
We have great joy and consolation in thy love. Phile. 7. 
He met indeed with cold consolation from an *' ancient 
Christian," to whom he opened his case and said he was 
afraid he had committed the sin against the Holy Ghost ; 
this man, like one of Job's comforters, replied, he thought 
so too. Southey, Life of Bunyan, p. 29. 
2. That which consoles, comforts, or cheers 
the mind ; the cause of being consoled. 
Waiting for the consolation of Israel. Luke ii. 25. 
Against such cruelties 
With inward consolations recompensed. 
Milton, P. L., xii. 495. 
This is the consolation on which we rest in the darkness 
of the future and the afflictions of to-day, that the govern- 
ment of the world is moral, and does forever destroy what 
is not. Emerson, Misc., p. 288. 
Consolation race, match, etc., a race or contest of any 
kind which can be entered only by those who have failed 
in the previous races or contests which have taken place 
within a given period. = Syn. 1 and 2. Solace, etc. (see 
comfort, n.) ; encouragement, cheer. 
Consolato del Mare (kon-so-la'to del ma're). 
[It., lit. consulate of the sea: cbnsolato, < L. 
consulatns, office of a consul ; del, gen. of def. 
art., contr. of * (< L. de), of, and il (< L. ille, 
this), def. art. masc. ; mare, < L. mare, sea: see 
consulate and marine.] A code of maritime 
law, supposed to be a compilation of the law 
and trading customs of various Italian cities, 
as Venice, Genoa, Pisa, and Amalfi, together 
console-table 
with those of the cities with which they traded, 
as Barcelona, Marseilles, etc. its precise date is 
unknown, but a Spanish edition of it was published at 
Barcelona at the end of the thirteenth or the beginning of 
the fourteenth century. It has formed the basis of most 
of the subsequent compilations of maritime law. 
consolatort (kon'so-la-tor), n. [= F. consola- 
fej<r = Sp. Pg. conso/adiir = It. consolatore, < L. 
consolator, consoler, < consolari, pp. consolatus, 
console: see console^.] One who consoles or 
comforts. 
Officers termed consolators of the sick. 
Johnson, Note on the Tempest. 
consolatory (kpn-sol'a-to-ri), a. and re. [= Sp. 
Pg. It. consolatorio, < L. consolatorius, < conso- 
lator, a consoler : see consolator.] I. a. Tend- 
ing to give consolation; assuaging grief or 
other mental distress ; comforting ; cheering ; 
encouraging. 
Letters . . . narratory, objurgatory, consolatory, moni- 
tory, or congratulatory. howell, Letters, I. i. 1. 
II. . ; pi. consolatories (-riz). Anything in- 
tended to convey consolation ; especially, a let- 
ter or epistle written for that purpose. 
Consolatorieg writ 
With studied argument. Milton, S. A., 1. 657. 
consolatrix (kon'so-la-triks), . [= F. conso- 
latrice = It. consolatrice, < L. as if * consolatrij- 
(-trio), fern, of consolator, a consoler: see con- 
solator.] A female consoler. 
Love, the consolatrix, met him again. 
Mrs. OKphant, Salem Chapel, xxvi. 
console 1 (kon-sol'), v. t. ; pret. and pp. consoled, 
ppr. consoling. [< F. consoler = Sp. Pg. conso- 
lar = It. consolare, < L. consolari, dep., also act. 
consolare, console, cheer, comfort, < com-, to- 
gether, + solari, console, solace : see solace.] 
To alleviate the grief, despondency, or other 
mental distress of; comfort; cheer; soothe; 
solace; encourage. 
I am much consoled by the reflection that the religion 
of Christ has been attacked in vain by all the wits and 
philosophers, and its triumph has been complete. 
P. Henry. 
We console our friends when they meet with affliction. 
Crabb, Eng. Synonymes, p. 253. 
= Syn. To cheer, encourage. 
console 2 (kon'sol), . [= D. G. Sw. console = 
Dan. konsol, < F. console, a bracket; of uncer- 
tain origin ; perhaps 
ult. < L. consolidare, 
make solid: see con- 
solidate.] 1 . In arch., 
a bracket or corbel 
of any kind, espe- 
cially in the classi- 
cal and Benaissance 
styles; anancon. it is 
a projecting feature, hav- 
ing for its contour gener- 
ally a curve of contrary 
flexure, and is often em- 
Console. 
Hotel d'Asserat, Tou- 
louse, France. 
Console serving as a buttress. From 
the dome of the Church of Sta. Maria 
della Salute. Venice. 
ployed to support a cornice, bust, vase, or the like. It is 
frequently, however, used merely as an ornament, as on 
the keystone of an arch. 
2. A kind of platform or bracket truss hinged 
on one side of the rear end of the bore of a 
breech-loading gun, to support the breech-screw 
when withdrawn preparatory to loading. 3. 
A bracket on a wall, for supporting machinery 
of any kind, as a hydraulic motor. E. H. Jin if/lit. 
consoler (kon-so'ler), M. One who consoles, or 
gives consolation or comfort. 
Folding together, with the all-tender mi^lit 
Of his great love, the dark hands anil the white, 
stands tin- ('"ttoJt'i; soothing every pain. 
\Vltitti,'r, On a Pray*T-B<mk. 
console-table (kon'sol-ta"bl), . 1. A table 
which, instead of straight or nearly straight 
legs, has consoles or legs so curved as to re- 
semble them, and is therefore usually set against 
the wall, from which it appears to project as a 
sort of bracket. 2. More rarely, a table in 
