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/kənˈsɛ.səs/ · noun
(obsolete) An assembly or congregation of people, especially in religious contexts..
And to the same purpose he writes concerning Numidicus, Ep. 40, viz. that his will was that Numidicus should be listed in the number of Carthaginian Presbyters, and sit with him," no doubt in the [consessus] in the consistory or Ecclesiastical senate.
The consessus of Haririus present an analogy to this; and the traditional סיעה at the court of Hezekiah.
Strauss mentions the custom, that the scholars of the Rabbis in the consessus were wont to stand.
Use consessus when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Consessus means (obsolete) An assembly or congregation of people, especially in religious contexts..
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And to the same purpose he writes concerning Numidicus, Ep. 40, viz. that his will was that Numidicus should be listed in the number of Carthaginian Presbyters, and sit with him," no doubt in the [consessus] in the consistory or Ecclesiastical senate.
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