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consistorially

consistorially adverb: in a consistorial manner.

Adverb

consistorially (not comparable)

  1. In a consistorial manner.
    • The gloſſe vppon the Bull of Iubileie firſt graunted by Pope Boniface 8. ſaith that the Pope declared conſiſtorially, that penances inioyned before, are alſo taken away by commutation of the ſatisfactorie worke in this pardon preſcribed, and that vowes alſo, except the vow of Ieruſalem, are taken...[1586], William Fulke, “That the Church of God meaneth not to make all men partakers of the pardons which would seeme to be releeued thereby, […]”, in A Confutation of a Treatise Made by William...
    • Thus we have the key of knowledge or doctrine (clavis dogmatike), which is used individually by the minister, and also consistorially and synodically; […]1997, W[illiam] D[avid] J[ohn] McKay, “[The Courts of the Church] The Elements of Ecclesiastical Power”, in An Ecclesiastical Republic: Church Government in the Writings of George Gillespie...

Origin of consistorially

From consistorial + -ly.

Questions about consistorially

What does consistorially mean?
Consistorially means in a consistorial manner.
What part of speech is consistorially?
Consistorially is an adverb.

Words near consistorially in the dictionary

  1. consisting in
  2. consisting of
  3. consistometer
  4. consistometers
  5. consistorial
  6. consistorially
  7. consistorialrath
  8. consistorialraths
  9. consistorian
  10. consistorians
  11. consistorie

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