COUNCIL
\kˈa͡ʊnsə͡l], \kˈaʊnsəl], \k_ˈaʊ_n_s_əl]\
Definitions of COUNCIL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a body serving in an administrative capacity; "student council"
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a meeting of people for consultation; "emergency council"
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(Christianity) an assembly or theologians and bishops and other representative of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine
By Princeton University
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a body serving in an administrative capacity; "student council"
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a meeting of people for consultation; "emergency council"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for consultation in a critical case.
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A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's council; a city council.
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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An assembly for deliberation or advice.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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An assembly for consultation.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin] An assembly summoned for consultation or advice; —the body nominated to advise the sovereign in matters of government; —the representatives elected by the citizens for the municipal government of a city; an assembly of prelates and doctors, representing the church; congress; convocation.
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