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Noun: council  kawn-sul
  1. A body serving in an administrative capacity
    "student council"
     
  2. A meeting of people for consultation
    "emergency council"
     
  3. (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
    "The Second Vatican Council brought significant changes to the Catholic Church"

Sounds like: counsel

Derived forms: councils

Type of: administrative body, administrative unit, assembly, group meeting, meeting

Encyclopedia: Council, Id