consistōrĭum
ii, n.
I.
a place of assembly.
I.
In gen., prop. of the earth, as a dwelling-place of man, Tert. Res. Carn. 26.—
B.
Trop.: consistorium libidinum lupanar, id. ad Uxor. 2, 6; id. Spect. 17.—
II.
Esp.
A.
A room where servants wait, Sid. Ep. 2, 2.—But most usually,
B.
The place where the emperor's council met, the emperor's cabinet, Aus. Grat. Act. 29; Amm. 14, 7, 11; Cod. Th. 6, 10, 2; Inscr. Orell. 3184 al.