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1.nounA place of standing or staying together; hence, any solemn assembly or council.
2.nounThe spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere.
3.nounAn assembly of prelates; a session of the college of cardinals at Rome.
4.nounA church tribunal or governing body, especially of elders in a Reformed church.
5.nounA civil court of justice.