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council Definition


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council
noun
    1a. A body of people whose function is to advise, administer, organize, discuss or legislate;
      Thesaurus: assembly, conference, congress, synod.
    1b. The people making up such a body.
    2. The elected body of people that directs the affairs of a town, borough, district, region, etc.
Etymology: 12c: from French concile, from Latin concilium assembly.



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