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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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   A council is a group of people that gathers for the purpose of giving advice or making decisions. If you’re president of the student council, for example, you might organize people to get the hallways at your school painted purple.

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   A council is a group of people who are elected to govern a local area such as a city or, in Britain, a county. ...Cheshire County Council. The city council has voted almost unanimously in favour. ...David Ward, one of just two Liberal Democrats on the council. ...reports of local council meetings.

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