Definitions for council

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council coun·cil

Spelling: [koun-suh l]

IPA: /ˈkaʊn səl/

Council is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 98 anagrams from letters in council (ccilnou).

Definitions for council

noun

1. an assembly of persons summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice.
2. a body of persons specially designated or selected to act in an advisory, administrative, or legislative capacity:
3. (in certain British colonies or dependencies) an executive or legislative body assisting the governor.
4. an ecclesiastical assembly for deciding matters of doctrine or discipline.
5. New Testament. the Sanhedrin or other authoritative body.

Origin of council

1125-75; Middle English co(u)nsile Anglo-French cuncil(e), Old French concile Late Latin concilium synod, church council (Latin: assembly), probably equivalent to Latin con- Examples for council

The influence of Westhampton is Radical, and fills the council with a lot of outsiders.

In secret, before the referendum, the council went ahead and fluoridated the water anyway.

Taku-Wakin stood up and stretched out his hand to the council.

A spokesman for Lewisham council said last year that it would be forced to act if the family returned to Britain.

What the colony looked for was, that every man who went into the council would do his duty.

Out of the tail of his eye he could see that the rest of the council were startled.

In fact, a few years ago I was awarded the "Courage in Media" award from the council on American Islamic Relations.

It is certainly more stylish than a council flat in a small-town banlieue!

But he said, “The UN council does nothing for people living in Iran.”

There they sat down around a council table, and there they divided the spoils.