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Meaning
Noun
●
A
solemn
assembly
or council.
●
The
spiritual
court
of a
diocesan
bishop
held
before his
chancellor
or
commissioner
in his
cathedral church
or elsewhere.
●
An
assembly
of
prelates
; a
session
of the
college
of
cardinals
at Rome.
●
A
church
tribunal
or
governing
body, especially of
elders
in a Reformed
church
.
●
In Early Modern English:
A
civil court
of justice.
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