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    council
    /ˈkaʊnsl/

    noun

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  2. a group of people elected or chosen to make decisions or give advice on a particular subject, to represent a particular group of people, or to run a particular organization: the United Nations Security Council. This play is supported by a grant from the local arts council.

  3. The meaning of COUNCIL is an assembly or meeting for consultation, advice, or discussion. How to use council in a sentence.

  4. a group of people elected or chosen to make decisions or give advice on a particular subject, to represent a particular group of people, or to run a particular organization: the UN Security Council. The council is being pressured to approve the plan.

  5. Council definition: an assembly of persons summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice.. See examples of COUNCIL used in a sentence.

  6. 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.

  7. A council is a group of people that gathers for the purpose of giving advice or making decisions. If youre president of the student council, for example, you might organize people to get the hallways at your school painted purple. Council comes from the Latin word concilium for

  8. n. 1. a. An assembly of persons called together for consultation, deliberation, or discussion. b. A body of people elected or appointed to serve as administrators, legislators, or advisers. c. An assembly of church officials and theologians convened for regulating matters of doctrine and discipline. 2.