It was utterly to be at once a consistent Quaker and a conspirator.
Macaulay.
Con*sist"ent*ly, adv. In a consistent manner.
Con`sis*to"ri*al (?), a. [Cf. F. consistorial.] Of or pertaining to a consistory. "Consistorial laws." Hooker. "Consistorial courts." Bp. Hoadley.
Con`sis*to"rian (?), a. Pertaining to a Presbyterian consistory; -- a contemptuous term of 17th century controversy.
You fall next on the consistorian schismatics; for so you call Presbyterians.
Milton.
Con*sis"to*ry (? or ?; 277) n.; pl. Consistories (#). [L. consistorium a place of assembly, the place where the emperor's council met, fr. consistere: cf. F. consistoire, It. consistorio. See Consist.] 1. Primarily, a place of standing or staying together; hence, any solemn assembly or council.
To council summons all his mighty peers,
Within thick clouds and dark tenfold involved,
A gloomy consistory.
Milton.
2. (Eng. Ch.) The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere. Hook.
3. (R. C. Ch.) An assembly of prelates; a session of the college of cardinals at Rome.
Pius was then hearing of causes in consistory.
Bacon.