n. (Arch.) The triforium as opposed to the clearstory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Clearstory. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Arch.) The upper story of the nave of a church, containing windows, and rising above the aisle roofs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Clearstory. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n.; pl. Consistories [ L. consistorium a place of assembly, the place where the emperor's council met, fr. consistere: cf. F. consistoire, It. consistorio. See Consist. ] 1. Primarily, a place of standing or staying together; hence, any solemn assembly or council. [ 1913 Webster ]

To council summons all his mighty peers,
Within thick clouds and dark tenfold involved,
A gloomy consistory. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eng. Ch.) The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere. Hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (R. C. Ch.) An assembly of prelates; a session of the college of cardinals at Rome. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pius was then hearing of causes in consistory. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A church tribunal or governing body. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In some churches, as the Dutch Reformed in America, a consistory is composed of the minister and elders of an individual church, corresponding to a Presbyterian church session, and in others, as the Reformed church in France, it is composed of ministers and elders, corresponding to a presbytery. In some Lutheran countries it is a body of clerical and lay officers appointed by the sovereign to superintend ecclesiastical affairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A civil court of justice. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a consistory. “To hold consistory session.” Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. faldistorium, faldestorium, from OHG. faldstuol; faldan, faltan, to fold (G. falten) + stuol stool. So called because it could be folded or laid together. See Fold, and Stool, and cf. Faldstool, Fauteuil. ] The throne or seat of a bishop within the chancel. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Histories [ L. historia, Gr. 'istori`a history, information, inquiry, fr. 'istwr, "istwr, knowing, learned, from the root of &unr_; to know; akin to E. wit. See Wit, and cf. Story.] [1913 Webster]

1. A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a description; a written record; as, the history of a patient's case; the history of a legislative bill. [1913 Webster]

2. A systematic, written account of events, particularly of those affecting a nation, institution, science, or art, and usually connected with a philosophical explanation of their causes; a true story, as distinguished from a romance; -- distinguished also from annals, which relate simply the facts and events of each year, in strict chronological order; from biography, which is the record of an individual's life; and from memoir, which is history composed from personal experience, observation, and memory. [1913 Webster]

Histories are as perfect as the historian is wise, and is gifted with an eye and a soul. Carlyle. [1913 Webster]

For aught that I could ever read,
Could ever hear by tale or history. Shak. [1913 Webster]

What histories of toil could I declare! Pope. [1913 Webster]

History piece, a representation in painting, drawing, etc., of any real event, including the actors and the action. --
Natural history, a description and classification of objects in nature, as minerals, plants, animals, etc., and the phenomena which they exhibit to the senses.

Syn. -- Chronicle; annals; relation; narration. -- History, Chronicle, Annals. History is a methodical record of important events which concern a community of men, usually so arranged as to show the connection of causes and effects, to give an analysis of motive and action etc. A chronicle is a record of such events, conforming to the order of time as its distinctive feature. Annals are a chronicle divided up into separate years. By poetic license annals is sometimes used for history. [1913 Webster]

Justly Cæsar scorns the poet's lays;
It is to history he trusts for praise. Pope. [1913 Webster]

No more yet of this;
For 't is a chronicle of day by day,
Not a relation for a breakfast. Shak. [1913 Webster]

Many glorious examples in the annals of our religion. Rogers. [1913 Webster]

v. t. To narrate or record. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) The clearstory, or upper story, of a building. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Stories [ OF. estoré, estorée, built, erected, p. p. of estorer to build, restore, to store. See Store, v. t. ] A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered architecturally, which need not correspond exactly with the stories within. [ Written also storey. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A story comprehends the distance from one floor to another; as, a story of nine or ten feet elevation. The spaces between floors are numbered in order, from below upward; as, the lower, second, or third story; a house of one story, of two stories, of five stories. [ 1913 Webster ]

Story post (Arch.), a vertical post used to support a floor or superincumbent wall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. storie, OF. estoire, F. histoire, fr. L. historia. See History. ] 1. A narration or recital of that which has occurred; a description of past events; a history; a statement; a record. [ 1913 Webster ]

One malcontent who did indeed get a name in story. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Venice, with its unique city and its Impressive story. Ed. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

The four great monarchies make the subject of ancient story. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The relation of an incident or minor event; a short narrative; a tale; especially, a fictitious narrative less elaborate than a novel; a short romance. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A euphemism or child's word for “a lie;” a fib; as, to tell a story. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Storied p. pr. & vb. n. Storying. ] To tell in historical relation; to make the subject of a story; to narrate or describe in story. [ 1913 Webster ]

How worthy he is I will leave to appear hereafter, rather than story him in his own hearing. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is storied of the brazen colossus in Rhodes, that it was seventy cubits high. Bp. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A book containing stories, or short narratives, either true or false. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who tells stories; a narrator of anecdotes, incidents, or fictitious tales; as, an amusing story-teller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An historian; -- in contempt. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A euphemism or child's word for “a liar.” [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Being accustomed to tell stories. -- n. The act or practice of telling stories. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who writes short stories, as for magazines. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An historian; a chronicler. [ Obs. ] “Rathums, the story-writer.” 1 Esdr. ii. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A recounting of a memorable personal experience, especially one involving challenge, hardship, danger, or other interesting features. [ PJC ]