council
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kounʹ-səl
ipa: /ˈkaʊn.səl/
ipa: /ˈkuːn.səl/
rhymes: -aʊnsəl
homophone: counsel
Forms: form: councils
Etymology: From Middle English counseil, conseil, from late Old English cuncile, from Anglo-Norman cuncile and Old French concile, from Latin concilium. Doublet of concelho.
Senses: examples: text: 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.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
text: The comments were made at a council meeting last month, during which one councillor questioned whether changing the names would be pushing reconciliation efforts along too quickly. […] At a city council meeting on Oct. 8, Campbell River councillors discussed a letter sent by the B.C. Geographical Names Office inviting comments on the name changes.
ref: 2024 November 2, Maryse Zeidler, “Hereditary chiefs slam Vancouver Island city council for remarks on restoring Indigenous place names”, in CBC News:
glosses: A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council).
glosses: A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council).
A local authority.
examples: text: Satan […] void of rest, / His potentates to council called by night;
ref: 2008 [1667], John Milton, chapter 6, in W. Kerrigan, J. Rumrich, S. Fallon, editors, Paradise Lost (Modern Library Classics) (poetry), Random House Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 212, lines 414–416:
text: O great in action and in council wise.
ref: 1715–1720, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, “Book IV”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:
glosses: Discussion or deliberation.
examples: text: the First Council of Nicaea
topics: Christianity
synonyms: synod
glosses: Short for church council
Hyponyms: afforced council
borough council
canine council
church council
city council
council of war
county council
district council
domestic policy council
ecumenical council
federal council
kennel council
local council
minority council
parish council
parochial church council
privy council
soviet
spokescouncil
student council
subcouncil
supercouncil
town council
unitary council
Whitley council
works council
Derived terms: afforced council
anticouncil
borough council
canine council
church council
city council
council area
Council Bluffs
council communism
council estate
Council Grove
council house
council-housed
council housing
council housing estate
councilism
councilist
councillor
councilor
councilman
councilmate
councilmember
council of war
councilperson
council pop
council tax
councilwoman
county council
district council
domestic policy council
ecumenical council
federal council
Hebdomadal Council
intercouncil
kennel council
local council
mayor-council
minority council
order-in-council
order in council
order of council
parish council
parochial church council
privy council
Security Council
spokescouncil
student council
subcouncil
town council
unitary council
Whitley council
works council
Related terms: word: conciliate
word: reconcile
english: homophonous; not to be confused
translation: homophonous; not to be confused
word: counsel
word: syndicate