"Council" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
An assembly of persons for the purpose of concerting measures of state or municipal policy; hence called "councillors.”
An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation,
deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for consultation
in a critical case.
A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an
advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's council; a city
council.
Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation.
We decided to leave early, you wouldn't want to be there in the end, when the lights came on. You'd never sit down in here again. In a depressing shuffle we pushed to the door, now it was good to get up and out, while it was still a black hole, warm, and smokey, full of possibilities...
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An assembly of the clergy, by their representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs.
Read the complete definitionThe assembly of the three estates of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, viz., the lords spiritual, lords …
Read the complete definitionA public court or assembly in the Middle Ages, over which the sovereign president when a consultation was held upon …
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