council : Idioms & Phrases

• (Hist.), a supreme court of the old German empire; properly the supreme court of the emperor. It ceased at the death of each emperor, and was renewed by his successor. It became extinct when the German empire was dissolved, in 1806. The term is now applied to a council of the war department of the Austrian empire, and the members of different provincial chanceries of that empire are called aulic councilors. P. Cyc.

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• . (a) Same as Cabinet, n., 4 (of which body it was formerly the full title). (b) A meeting of the cabinet.

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• a secret council. Shak.

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• noun a municipal body that can pass ordinances and appropriate funds etc.
  

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• the legislative branch of a city government, usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common council, but sometimes otherwise constituted.

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• the representative (legislative) body, or the lower branch of the representative body, of a city or other munisipal corporation.

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• noun a terrorist organization formed in Ireland in 1994 as a clandestine armed wing of Sinn Fein
  Continuity Irish Republican Army; CIRA.
  

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• noun a town in southwest Iowa on the Missouri River across from Omaha
  

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• noun the table that conferees sit around as they hold a meeting
  council board; conference table.
  

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• the table round which a council holds consultation; also, the council itself in deliberation.

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• noun a room where a committee meets (such as the board of directors of a company)
  boardroom.
  

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• the room or apartment in which a council meets.

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• the ceremonial fire kept burning while the Indians hold their councils. U.S. Barilett.

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• noun a member of a council
  councillor.
  

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• noun the council in 1431-1439 that concentrated on the elimination of heresies and on reforms within the Roman Catholic Church
  

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• noun the fourth ecumenical council in 451 which defined the two natures (human and divine) of Christ
  Chalcedon.
  

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• noun the council in 1414-1418 that succeeded in ending the Great Schism in the Roman Catholic Church
  Constance.
  

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• noun an executive agency responsible for providing economic advice to the President
  

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• noun the third ecumenical council in 431 which declared Mary as mother of God and condemned Pelagius
  Ephesus.
  

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• noun a council of the Roman Catholic Church convened in Trento in three sessions between 1545 and 1563 to examine and condemn the teachings of Martin Luther and other Protestant reformers; redefined the Roman Catholic doctrine and abolished various ecclesiastical abuses and strengthened the papacy
  

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• noun the council in 1311-1313 that dealt with alleged crimes of the Knights Templar, planned a new crusade, and took on the reformation of the clergy
  Vienne.
  

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• an assembly of officers of high rank, called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to measures or importance or nesessity.

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• noun the executive agency that advises the President on protecting the environment
  

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• noun the table that conferees sit around as they hold a meeting
  council board; conference table.
  

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• noun a tax levied on households by local authorities; based on the estimated value of the property and the number of people living in it
  

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• noun the elected governing body of a county
  

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• noun a permanent council of the United Nations; responsible for economic and social conditions
  ECOSOC.
  

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• noun a commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
  ECOSOC commission.
  

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• noun (early Christian church) one of seven gatherings of bishops from around the known world under the presidency of the Pope to regulate matters of faith and morals and discipline
  
  • the first seven councils through 787 are considered to be ecumenical councils by both the Roman Catholic church and the Eastern Orthodox church but the next fourteen councils are considered ecumenical only by the Roman Catholic church

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• (Eccl.), an assembly of prelates or divines convened from the whole body of the church to regulate matters of doctrine or discipline.

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• one that assembles at the request of only one of the parties in dispute.

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• noun a council that shares the supreme executive power
  

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• a body of men elected as advisers of the chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. U.S.

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• noun a Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in 1974; has conducted terrorist attacks in 20 countries
  ANO; Abu Nidal Organization; Black September; Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims; Fatah-RC; Arab Revolutionary Brigades.
  
  • in the 1980s the Fatah-RC was considered the most dangerous and murderous Palestinian terror group

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• noun the council in 1512-1517 that published disciplinary decrees and planned (but did not carry out) a crusade against Turkey
  

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• noun the second ecumenical council in 381 which added wording about the Holy Spirit to the Nicene Creed
  Constantinople.
  

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• noun the council of the Western Church in 1245 that excommunicated Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and planned a new crusade against the Holy Land
  Lyons.
  

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• noun the first ecumenical council in 325 which produced the wording of the Nicene Creed and condemned the heresy of Arianism
  Nicaea.
  

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• noun the first council of the Western Church held in the Lateran Palace in 1123; focused on church discipline and made plans to recover the Holy Lands from the Muslim `infidels'
  

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• noun the Vatican Council in 1869-1870 that proclaimed the infallibility of the pope when speaking ex cathedra
  Vatican I.
  

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• noun the council in 869 that condemned Photius who had become the patriarch of Constantinople without approval from the Vatican, thereby precipitating the schism between the eastern and western churches
  Constantinople.
  

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• noun the Lateran Council in 1215 was the most important council of the Middle Ages; issued a creed against Albigensianism, published reformatory decrees, promulgated the doctrine of transubstantiation, and clarified church doctrine on the Trinity and Incarnation
  

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• noun any of five general councils of the Western Catholic Church that were held in the Lateran Palace
  

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• noun a unicameral legislature
  

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• the upper house of a legislature, usually called the senate.

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• noun a committee in the executive branch of government that advises the president on foreign and military and national security; supervises the Central Intelligence Agency
  NSC.
  

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• noun a council consisting of permanent representatives of all the member countries of NATO; has political authority and powers of decision
  NAC.
  

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• noun an advisory council to a ruler (especially to the British Crown)
  

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• (Eng. Law), the principal council of the sovereign, composed of the cabinet ministers and other persons chosen by the king or queen. Burrill.

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• noun the fifth ecumenical council in 553 which held Origen's writings to be heretic
  Constantinople.
  

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• noun the council in 1274 that effected a temporary reunion of the Greek Orthodox with the Roman Catholic Church
  Lyons.
  

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• noun the seventh ecumenical council in 787 which refuted iconoclasm and regulated the veneration of holy images
  Nicaea.
  

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• noun the second council of the Western Church in 1139 which put an end to the dogmatic errors of Arnold of Brescia
  

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• noun the Vatican Council in 1962-1965 that abandoned the universal Latin liturgy and acknowledged ecumenism and made other reforms
  Vatican II.
  

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• noun a permanent council of the United Nations; responsible for preserving world peace
  SC.
  

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• noun the sixth ecumenical council in 680-681 which condemned Monothelitism by defining two wills in Christ, divine and human
  Constantinople.
  

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• noun the Lateran Council in 1179 that condemned the heresies of the Albigenses and the Waldenses
  

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• noun a permanent council of the United Nations that commissions a country (or countries) to undertake the administration of a territory
  TC.
  

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• noun each of two councils of the Roman Catholic Church
  

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• noun (chiefly Brit) a council representing employer and employees of a plant or business to discuss working conditions etc; also: a committee representing the workers elected to negotiate with management about grievances and wages etc
  

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• noun a council with representatives from different nations
  

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• noun an ecumenical organization of Protestant and eastern churches; intended to promote unity and cooperation in religious and secular matters
  

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