A solemn assembly or council.
An assembly of prelates; a session of the college of cardinals at Rome.
The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere.
A church tribunal or governing body, especially of elders in a Reformed church.
An assembly or meeting.
The act of calling or assembling by summons.
An assembly of the clergy, by their representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs.
An academic assembly, in which the business of a university is transacted.
A flock of eagles.