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Definition of "conciliary" []

  • Of or relating to a council, particularly with respect to municipal government; issued by a council. (adjective)

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Use "conciliary" in a sentence
  • "When the Bull of convocation and the Bull appointing the conciliary legates were read, Cardinal del Monte declared the ecumenical council opened, and appointed 7"
  • "Trent, by special papal commissioners, and three cardinals were appointed later as conciliary legates."
  • "The Catechism has not of course the authority of conciliary definitions or other primary symbols of faith; for, although decreed by the Council, it was only published a year after the Fathers had dispersed, and it consequently lacks a formal conciliary approbation."