consistory vs session

consistory

noun
  • 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. 

session

noun
  • A meeting of a council, court, school, or legislative body to conduct its business. 

  • Any of the three scheduled two hour playing sessions, from the start of play to lunch, from lunch to tea and from tea to the close of play. 

  • A period devoted to a particular activity, e.g. the annual or semiannual periods of a legislative body (that together comprise the legislative term) whose individual meetings are also called sessions. 

  • The sequence of interactions between client and server, or between user and system; the period during which a user is logged in or connected. 

  • An extended period of drinking, typically consuming beer with low alcohol content. 

  • An academic term 

verb
  • To hold or participate in a jam session with other musicians. 

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