consistorian

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English

Etymology

From consistory +‎ -ian.

Adjective

consistorian (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, derogatory) Relating to a Presbyterian consistory.
    • a. 1675, John Milton, Brief Notes upon a late Sermon Titl'd, The Fear of God and the King; ; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, , volume II, Amsterdam [actually London: s.n.], 1698, →OCLC, page 805:
      You fall next on the Conſistorian Schiſmatics; for ſo you call Presbyterians,

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “consistorian”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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