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  1. Noun.  Primarily, a place of standing or staying together; hence, any solemn assembly or council.
  2. Noun.  The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere.
  3. Noun.  An assembly of prelates; a session of the college of cardinals at Rome.
  4. Noun.  A church tribunal or governing body.
  5. Noun.  (obsolete) A civil court of justice.

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