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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Council \Coun"cil\ (koun"s[i^]l), noun [F. concile, fr. L. concilium; con- + calare to call, akin to Gr. ??? to call, and E. hale, v., haul. Cf. {Conciliate}. This word is often confounded with counsel, with which it has no connection.]
1. An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for consultation in a critical case.
2. A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's council; a city council.
An old lord of the council rated me the other day. --Shak.
3. Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation.
Satan . . . void of rest, His potentates to council called by night. --Milton.
O great in action and in council wise. --Pope.
{Aulic council}. See under {Aulic}.
{Cabinet council}. See under {Cabinet}.
{City council}, the legislative branch of a city government, usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common council, but sometimes otherwise constituted.
{Common council}. See under {Common}.
{Council board}, {Council table}, the table round which a council holds consultation; also, the council itself in deliberation.
{Council chamber}, the room or apartment in which a council meets.
{Council fire}, the ceremonial fire kept burning while the Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] --Bartlett.
{Council of war}, an assembly of officers of high rank, called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to measures or importance or nesessity.
{Ecumenical council} (Eccl.), an assembly of prelates or divines convened from the whole body of the church to regulate matters of doctrine or discipline.
{Executive council}, a body of men elected as advisers of the chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [U.S.]
{Legislative council}, the upper house of a legislature, usually called the senate.
{Privy council}. See under {Privy}. [Eng.]
Syn: Assembly; meeting; congress; diet; parliament; convention; convocation; synod.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
council
noun
1: a body serving in an administrative capacity; "student council"
2: (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
3: a meeting of people for consultation; "emergency council"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
151 Moby Thesaurus words for "council": Areopagus, Bund, Rochdale cooperative, advisory council, alliance, assemblage, assemblee, assembly, assignation, association, at home, audience, axis, ball, band, bargaining, bargaining session, bloc, board, board of directors, board of regents, board of trustees, body, brawl, cabinet, cadre, camarilla, caucus, coalition, college, colloquium, combination, combine, commission, committee, common market, conclave, concourse, confab, confabulation, confederacy, confederation, conference, confrontation, congregation, congress, consistory, consultation, consumer cooperative, conventicle, convention, convocation, cooperative, cooperative society, corps, council fire, council of state, council of war, credit union, curia, customs union, dance, date, diet, directorate, directors, directory, discussion, divan, economic community, eisteddfod, exchange of views, executive arm, executive committee, executive hierarchy, eyeball-to-eyeball encounter, federation, festivity, fete, forgathering, forum, free trade area, gang, gathering, get-together, governing board, governing body, group, grouping, high-level talk, housewarming, huddle, infrastructure, inquisition, interchange of views, interlocking directorate, interview, judicatory, judicature, judiciary, kitchen cabinet, league, levee, machine, management, meet, meeting, ministry, mob, negotiations, news conference, palaver, panel, parley, partnership, party, plenum, political machine, pourparler, powwow, press conference, privy council, prom, quorum, rally, reception, rendezvous, ring, seance, session, shadow cabinet, shindig, sit-in, sitting, society, soiree, steering committee, summit, summit conference, summitry, symposium, synod, the Inquisition, the administration, the brass, the executive, the people upstairs, top brass, tribunal, turnout, union
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Council, ID (city, FIPS 18820) Location: 44.72892 N, 116.43524 W Population (1990): 831 (392 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 83612 Council, NC Zip code(s): 28434 Council, VA Zip code(s): 24260
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Council, ID -- U.S. city in Idaho Population (2000): 816 Housing Units (2000): 425 Land area (2000): 0.727606 sq. miles (1.884490 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.727606 sq. miles (1.884490 sq. km) FIPS code: 18820 Located within: Idaho (ID), FIPS 16 Location: 44.730083 N, 116.436213 W ZIP Codes (1990): 83612 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Council, ID Council
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Council spoken of counsellors who sat in public trials with the governor of a province (Acts 25:12). The Jewish councils were the Sanhedrim, or supreme council of the nation, which had subordinate to it smaller tribunals (the "judgment," perhaps, in Matt. 5:21, 22) in the cities of Palestine (Matt. 10:17; Mark 13:9). In the time of Christ the functions of the Sanhedrim were limited (John 16:2; 2 Cor. 11:24). In Ps. 68:27 the word "council" means simply a company of persons. (R.V. marg., "company.") In ecclesiastical history the word is used to denote an assembly of pastors or bishops for the discussion and regulation of church affairs. The first of these councils was that of the apostles and elders at Jerusalem, of which we have a detailed account in Acts 15.
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