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   Coun·cil

   /ˈkouns(ə)l/

   

   noun

   • 1. an advisory, deliberative, or legislative body of people formally constituted and meeting regularly: "an official human rights council" Similar advisory bodyadvisory groupboardboard of directorscommitteecommissionassemblypaneltrusteesdelegatesdelegationsynodconvocationchapter
   • ▪ a body of people elected to manage the affairs of a city, county, or other municipal district: "a ban on school buses using the road was imposed by the county council" Similar local authoritylocal governmentmunicipal authoritycivic authoritylegislative bodylegislatureadministrationexecutivechamberassemblyministrygoverning bodygovernmentparliamentsenatecongressdietcabinetcorporation
   • ▪ an ecclesiastical assembly.
   • ▪ an assembly or meeting for consultation or advice: "that evening, she held a family council" Similar conferenceconclaveassemblyconvocationmeetinggathering

   Word Origin Old English (in the sense ‘ecclesiastical assembly’): from Anglo-Norman French cuncile, from Latin concilium ‘convocation, assembly’, from con- ‘together’ + calare ‘summon’. Compare with counsel.

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