council

1. A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council).
2. (UK, metonymically) A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council).
3. Discussion or deliberation.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of) Short for church council

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkaʊn.səl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: counseil

In summary

From Middle English counseil, conseil, from late Old English cuncile, from Anglo-Norman cuncile and Old French concile, from Latin concilium. Doublet of concelho.

Synonyms

board

assembly

meeting

committee

conference

senate

parliament

congress

advice

board of trustees

session

advise

consultation

counsel

delegation

synod

deliberation

tribunal

legislature

duma

caucus

court

gathering

society

conclave

concourse

convention

organization

presbytery

presidium

retinue

self-government

soviet

town council

union

Congress

municipal office

ward office

government

shura

deliberative assembly

academy

board of selectmen

administration

admonish

association

audience

bargaining

cabinet

🗄️

chamber

Translations

consiglio

conseil

Rat

consejo

συμβούλιο

concilio

junta

Versammlung

raad

rada

concilio

Konzil

concile

consell

conselho

Sentences

The council later assumed a new coat of arms .

One of the council members were worried about Norfolk County becoming " industrialized " and " unnatural .