Definitions for council
ˈkaʊn səlcoun·cil

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. councilnoun

   a body serving in an administrative capacity

   "student council"

2. councilnoun

   (Christianity) an assembly of theologians and bishops and other representatives of different churches or dioceses that is convened to regulate matters of discipline or doctrine

3. councilnoun

   a meeting of people for consultation

   "emergency council"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. councilnoun

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

2. councilnoun

   discussion or deliberation

3. Etymology: From cuncile, from concile, from concilium

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. COUNCILnoun

   Etymology: concilium, Latin.

   1. An assembly of persons met together in consultation.

   The chief priests, and all the council, sought false witness. Mat. xxvi. 59.

   In histories composed by politicians, they are for drawing up a perpetual scheme of causes and events, and preserving a constant correspondence between the camp and the council table. Joseph Addison, Spectator, №. 170.

   2. An assembly of divines to deliberate upon religion.

   Some borrow all their religion from the fathers of the Christian church, or from their synods or councils. Isaac Watts.

   3. Persons called together to be consulted on any occasion, or to give advice.

   They being thus assembled, are more properly a council to the king, the great council of the kingdom, to advise his majesty in those things of weight and difficulty, which concern both the king and people, than a court. Francis Bacon, Adv. to Villiers.

   4. The body of privy counsellors.

   Without the knowledge
   Either of king or council, you made bold
   To carry into Flanders the great seal. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

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1. Council

   A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may function as a legislature, especially at a town, city or county/shire level, but most legislative bodies at the state/provincial or national level are not considered councils. At such levels, there may be no separate executive branch, and the council may effectively represent the entire government. A board of directors might also be denoted as a council. A committee might also be denoted as a council, though a committee is generally a subordinate body composed of members of a larger body, while a council may not be. Because many schools have a student council, the council is the form of governance with which many people are likely to have their first experience as electors or participants. A member of a council may be referred to as a councillor or councilperson, or by the gender-specific titles of councilman and councilwoman.

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1. council

   A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, make decisions or provide advice on particular issues. This may be a representative body elected or appointed within a community, organization, local government or at a higher level. The term can be used in various contexts such as a city council, student council, or council of ministers.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. Councilnoun

   an assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for consultation in a critical case

2. Councilnoun

   a body of man elected or appointed to constitute an advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's council; a city council

3. Councilnoun

   act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Council

   kown′sil, n. an assembly called together for deliberation or advice: the body of men constituting such an assembly: the body of men directing the affairs of the city: an assembly of ecclesiastics met to regulate doctrine or discipline (diocesan, provincial, national, general, or œcumenical).—ns. Coun′cil-board, the board or table round which a council meets for deliberation: the council itself; Coun′cil-cham′ber, the room where a council is held; Coun′cillor, a member of a council, esp. of a common council; Coun′cil-man, a member of a municipal council.—Council of war, a conference of military or naval officers called to meet and consult with the commander.—General council, one called by an invitation to the church at large, also Œcumenical, if received by the Catholic Church in general—as the first seven, 325-787.—In council, in the council-chamber: in giving advice.—Privy-council (see Privy). [Fr. concile—L. concilium.]

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1. council

   A group and team of united socialist people working together as an intelligent and just team created through a fair, just and transparent voting process which elects socialist candidates to a specific role and responsibility. The team work together to create in order of priority, optimum health, democracy, human rights, right to life, socialism, fair and just redistribution of wealth and shared prosperity for all people and focus positively on cocreating in order of priority optimum health, human rights, right to life, shared prosperity for all, stability, unity government, solidarity, cohesion, human rights, animal rights, right to housing, right to education, right to parent, right to free preschool education, right to a standard of living, right to internet access, economic stability, financial stability, civil rights, equal rights, equal opportunities, employment rights, childrens rights, sustainable development, sustainable development goals, united partnership, multi-party working, community empowerment systems, equal distribution of income, wealth, justness and fairness across society, the country, europe and the world and contribute to the cocreation of global and national peace agreements, peace treaties, the universes truth and a fair, just and transparent system of checks and balances.

   The student council work as a united team for the shared rights and prosperity of everyone they serve.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 5, 2020  

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1. Council

   Counsel vs. Council -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Counsel and Council.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. COUNCIL

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Council is ranked #5037 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Council surname appeared 6,964 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Council.
   
   59.7% or 4,164 total occurrences were Black.
   34% or 2,372 total occurrences were White.
   2.9% or 207 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.4% or 169 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.4% or 31 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.3% or 21 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Christianity
   • Administrative Unit
   • Assembly
   • Meeting

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'council' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #296

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'council' in Written Corpus Frequency: #259

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'council' in Nouns Frequency: #60

How to pronounce council?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say council in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of council in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of council in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of council in a Sentence

1. Kelly Craft:

   The complicating factor to put an end to this crisis is the division within the Security Council. As we have seen before, whenever the Security Council is divided, whenever especially the five permanent members of the Security Council are divided, it just makes achieving peace that much more complicated. while the U.N. Security Council can reach majority opinion and sometimes consensus on pressing international issues, there are glaring times when it is a complete failure. This is one such case.

2. Julian the Apostate:

   The idea of an incarnation of God is absurd: why should the human race think itself so superior to bees, ants, and elephants as to be put in this unique relation to its maker? . . Christians are like a council of frogs in a marsh or a synod of worms on a dung-hill croaking and squeaking "for our sakes was the world created."

3. Robert Daly:

   It's a gross negligence of leadership, have Atlantic Council ever heard the American president say to other nations,' Atlantic Council are in this together and Atlantic Council want to work closely with you every day to guarantee the health of all of our people' ? Atlantic Council's not hard to say.

4. Homer, The Iliad:

   The outcome of the war is in our hands; the outcome of words is in the council.

5. Naheed Nenshi:

   You have every right to be an idiot. What you don't have the right to do is you don't have the right to harass shopkeepers, you don't have the right to scare people away from downtown and from those stores at their busiest time of year, and you don't have the right to expose your children to this. This is flagrant behaviour that puts other people at risk … we [city Council] have far better things we should be doing with our time than dealing with these people [CoVID-19 anti-mask protestors].

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