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council

noun
/ˈkaʊn.səl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English counseil, from Old French conseil, from late Latin cōnsilium; with the spelling in -c- adopted after Latin concilium in Early Modern English, though some senses of counseil were influenced by Old French concile, a semi-learned borrowing from concilium. Doublet of concelho and counsel.

  1. derived from cōnsilium
  2. derived from conseil
  3. inherited from counseil

Definitions

  1. A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council).

    • He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.

  2. Discussion or deliberation.

    • Satan […] void of rest, / His potentates to council called by night;
    • O great in action and in council wise.

  3. Short for church council

    • the First Council of Nicaea
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A surname.

    2. A male given name.

    3. A small city, the county seat of Adams County, Idaho, United States.

The neighborhood

Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for council. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA