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council
(mass) | council
- kolégium, koncil, rada |
council
(encz) | council,kolegium Zdeněk Brož |
council
(encz) | council,koncil n: Zdeněk Brož |
council
(encz) | council,rada |
council
(encz) | Council, [eko.] |
Council
(gcide) | Council \Coun"cil\ (koun"s[i^]l), n. [F. concile, fr. L.
concilium; con- + calare to call, akin to Gr. ??? to call,
and E. hale, v., haul. Cf. Conciliate. This word is often
confounded with counsel, with which it has no connection.]
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1. An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation,
deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for
consultation in a critical case.
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2. A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an
advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's
council; a city council.
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An old lord of the council rated me the other day.
--Shak.
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3. Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation.
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Satan . . . void of rest,
His potentates to council called by night. --Milton.
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O great in action and in council wise. --Pope.
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Aulic council. See under Aulic.
Cabinet council. See under Cabinet.
City council, the legislative branch of a city government,
usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common
council, but sometimes otherwise constituted.
Common council. See under Common.
Council board, Council table, the table round which a
council holds consultation; also, the council itself in
deliberation.
Council chamber, the room or apartment in which a council
meets.
Council fire, the ceremonial fire kept burning while the
Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] --Bartlett.
Council of war, an assembly of officers of high rank,
called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to
measures or importance or nesessity.
Ecumenical council (Eccl.), an assembly of prelates or
divines convened from the whole body of the church to
regulate matters of doctrine or discipline.
Executive council, a body of men elected as advisers of the
chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [U.S.]
Legislative council, the upper house of a legislature,
usually called the senate.
Privy council. See under Privy. [Eng.]
Syn: Assembly; meeting; congress; diet; parliament;
convention; convocation; synod.
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council
(wn) | council
n 1: a body serving in an administrative capacity; "student
council"
2: (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
3: a meeting of people for consultation; "emergency council" |
COUNCIL
(bouvier) | COUNCIL, legislation. This word signifies an assembly.
2. It was used among the Romans to express the meeting of only a part
of the people, and that the most respectable, in opposition to the
assemblies of the whole people.
3. It is now usually applied to the legislative bodies of cities and
boroughs.
4. In some states, as in Massachusetts, a body of men called the
council, are elected, whose duties are to advise the governor in the
executive part of the government. Const. of Mass. part 2, c. 2, s. 3, art. 1
and 2. See 14 Mass. 470; 3 Pick. 517; 4 Pick. 25 19 John. R. 58. In England,
the king's council are the king's judges of his courts of justice. 3 Inst.
125; 1 Bl. Com. 229.
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council
(mass) | council
- kolégium, koncil, rada |
city council
(encz) | city council, n: |
city-council
(encz) | city-council,městská rada n: PetrV |
council
(encz) | council,kolegium Zdeněk Brožcouncil,koncil n: Zdeněk Brožcouncil,rada Council, [eko.] |
council board
(encz) | council board, n: |
council chamber
(encz) | council chamber, n: |
council member
(encz) | council member, n: |
council on environmental quality
(encz) | Council on Environmental Quality,CEQ Council on Environmental
Quality [eko.] RNDr. Pavel PiskačCouncil on Environmental Quality,Council on Environmental Quality
CEQ [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
council table
(encz) | council table, n: |
council tax
(encz) | council tax, n: |
councillor
(encz) | councillor,radní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
councillors
(encz) | councillors,radní pl. Zdeněk Brož |
councillorship
(encz) | councillorship, n: |
councilman
(encz) | councilman, |
councilmen
(encz) | councilmen, |
councilor
(encz) | councilor, |
councilorship
(encz) | councilorship, n: |
councilperson
(encz) | councilperson, |
councils
(encz) | councils,koncily n: pl. Zdeněk Brožcouncils,rady n: pl. Zdeněk Brožcouncils,zasedání pl. Zdeněk Brož |
councilwoman
(encz) | councilwoman, |
councilwomen
(encz) | councilwomen, |
county council
(encz) | county council, n: |
executive council
(encz) | executive council, n: |
international council of scientific unions
(encz) | International Council of Scientific Unions,ICSU International Council of
Scientific Unions [eko.] RNDr. Pavel PiskačInternational Council of Scientific Unions,International Council of
Scientific Unions ICSU [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
legislative council
(encz) | legislative council, n: |
municipal council
(encz) | municipal council,magistrát v: Zdeněk Brožmunicipal council,zastupitelstvo n: Zdeněk Brož |
natural resources defence council
(encz) | Natural Resources Defence Council,Natural Resources Defence
Council [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
nature conservancy council
(encz) | Nature Conservancy Council,Nature Conservancy Council NCC [eko.] RNDr.
Pavel PiskačNature Conservancy Council,NCC Nature Conservancy Council [eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
pacific economic cooperation council
(encz) | Pacific Economic Cooperation Council, |
privy council
(encz) | privy council, |
town council
(encz) | town council,magistrát v: Zdeněk Brož |
town-council
(encz) | town-council,magistrát n: Zdeněk Brož |
works council
(encz) | works council,závodní rada n: |
world council
(encz) | world council, n: |
center technology council
(czen) | Center Technology Council,CTC[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
ceq council on environmental quality
(czen) | CEQ Council on Environmental Quality,Council on Environmental
Quality[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
council on environmental quality ceq
(czen) | Council on Environmental Quality CEQ,Council on Environmental
Quality[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
icsu international council of scientific unions
(czen) | ICSU International Council of Scientific Unions,International Council of
Scientific Unions[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
international council of scientific unions icsu
(czen) | International Council of Scientific Unions ICSU,International Council of
Scientific Unions[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
national research council
(czen) | National Research Council,NRC[zkr.] [voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
natural resources defence council
(czen) | Natural Resources Defence Council,Natural Resources Defence
Council[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
nature conservancy council ncc
(czen) | Nature Conservancy Council NCC,Nature Conservancy Council[eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
ncc nature conservancy council
(czen) | NCC Nature Conservancy Council,Nature Conservancy Council[eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
Aulic council
(gcide) | Council \Coun"cil\ (koun"s[i^]l), n. [F. concile, fr. L.
concilium; con- + calare to call, akin to Gr. ??? to call,
and E. hale, v., haul. Cf. Conciliate. This word is often
confounded with counsel, with which it has no connection.]
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1. An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation,
deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for
consultation in a critical case.
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2. A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an
advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's
council; a city council.
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An old lord of the council rated me the other day.
--Shak.
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3. Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation.
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Satan . . . void of rest,
His potentates to council called by night. --Milton.
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O great in action and in council wise. --Pope.
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Aulic council. See under Aulic.
Cabinet council. See under Cabinet.
City council, the legislative branch of a city government,
usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common
council, but sometimes otherwise constituted.
Common council. See under Common.
Council board, Council table, the table round which a
council holds consultation; also, the council itself in
deliberation.
Council chamber, the room or apartment in which a council
meets.
Council fire, the ceremonial fire kept burning while the
Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] --Bartlett.
Council of war, an assembly of officers of high rank,
called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to
measures or importance or nesessity.
Ecumenical council (Eccl.), an assembly of prelates or
divines convened from the whole body of the church to
regulate matters of doctrine or discipline.
Executive council, a body of men elected as advisers of the
chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [U.S.]
Legislative council, the upper house of a legislature,
usually called the senate.
Privy council. See under Privy. [Eng.]
Syn: Assembly; meeting; congress; diet; parliament;
convention; convocation; synod.
[1913 Webster]Aulic \Au"lic\, a. [L. aulicus, Gr. ?, fr. ? hall, court, royal
court.]
Pertaining to a royal court.
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Ecclesiastical wealth and aulic dignities. --Landor.
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Aulic council (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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Cabinet council
(gcide) | Council \Coun"cil\ (koun"s[i^]l), n. [F. concile, fr. L.
concilium; con- + calare to call, akin to Gr. ??? to call,
and E. hale, v., haul. Cf. Conciliate. This word is often
confounded with counsel, with which it has no connection.]
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1. An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation,
deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for
consultation in a critical case.
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2. A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an
advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's
council; a city council.
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An old lord of the council rated me the other day.
--Shak.
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3. Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation.
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Satan . . . void of rest,
His potentates to council called by night. --Milton.
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O great in action and in council wise. --Pope.
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Aulic council. See under Aulic.
Cabinet council. See under Cabinet.
City council, the legislative branch of a city government,
usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common
council, but sometimes otherwise constituted.
Common council. See under Common.
Council board, Council table, the table round which a
council holds consultation; also, the council itself in
deliberation.
Council chamber, the room or apartment in which a council
meets.
Council fire, the ceremonial fire kept burning while the
Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] --Bartlett.
Council of war, an assembly of officers of high rank,
called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to
measures or importance or nesessity.
Ecumenical council (Eccl.), an assembly of prelates or
divines convened from the whole body of the church to
regulate matters of doctrine or discipline.
Executive council, a body of men elected as advisers of the
chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [U.S.]
Legislative council, the upper house of a legislature,
usually called the senate.
Privy council. See under Privy. [Eng.]
Syn: Assembly; meeting; congress; diet; parliament;
convention; convocation; synod.
[1913 Webster]Cabinet \Cab"i*net\ (k[a^]b"[i^]*n[e^]t), n. [F., dim. of cabine
or cabane. See Cabin, n.]
1. A hut; a cottage; a small house. [Obs.]
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Hearken a while from thy green cabinet,
The rural song of careful Colinet. --Spenser.
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2. A small room, or retired apartment; a closet.
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3. A private room in which consultations are held.
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Philip passed some hours every day in his father's
cabinet. --Prescott.
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4. The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a
nation; a cabinet council.
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Note: In England, the cabinet or cabinet council consists of
those privy councilors who actually transact the
immediate business of the government. --Mozley & W. --
In the United States, the cabinet is composed of the
heads of the executive departments of the government,
namely, the Secretary of State, of the Treasury, of
War, of the Navy, of the Interior, and of Agiculture,
the Postmaster-general, and the Attorney-general.
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5.
(a) A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain
articles of value. Hence:
(b) A decorative piece of furniture, whether open like an
['e]tag[`e]re or closed with doors. See
['e]tag[`e]re.
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6. Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and
exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection
itself.
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Cabinet council.
(a) Same as Cabinet, n., 4 (of which body it was
formerly the full title).
(b) A meeting of the cabinet.
Cabinet councilor, a member of a cabinet council.
Cabinet photograph, a photograph of a size smaller than an
imperial, though larger than a carte de visite.
Cabinet picture, a small and generally highly finished
picture, suitable for a small room and for close
inspection.
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Cabinet councilor
(gcide) | Cabinet \Cab"i*net\ (k[a^]b"[i^]*n[e^]t), n. [F., dim. of cabine
or cabane. See Cabin, n.]
1. A hut; a cottage; a small house. [Obs.]
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Hearken a while from thy green cabinet,
The rural song of careful Colinet. --Spenser.
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2. A small room, or retired apartment; a closet.
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3. A private room in which consultations are held.
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Philip passed some hours every day in his father's
cabinet. --Prescott.
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4. The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a
nation; a cabinet council.
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Note: In England, the cabinet or cabinet council consists of
those privy councilors who actually transact the
immediate business of the government. --Mozley & W. --
In the United States, the cabinet is composed of the
heads of the executive departments of the government,
namely, the Secretary of State, of the Treasury, of
War, of the Navy, of the Interior, and of Agiculture,
the Postmaster-general, and the Attorney-general.
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5.
(a) A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain
articles of value. Hence:
(b) A decorative piece of furniture, whether open like an
['e]tag[`e]re or closed with doors. See
['e]tag[`e]re.
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6. Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and
exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection
itself.
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Cabinet council.
(a) Same as Cabinet, n., 4 (of which body it was
formerly the full title).
(b) A meeting of the cabinet.
Cabinet councilor, a member of a cabinet council.
Cabinet photograph, a photograph of a size smaller than an
imperial, though larger than a carte de visite.
Cabinet picture, a small and generally highly finished
picture, suitable for a small room and for close
inspection.
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Chamber council
(gcide) | Chamber \Cham"ber\, n. [F. chambre, fr. L. camera vault, arched
roof, in LL. chamber, fr. Gr. ? anything with a vaulted roof
or arched covering; cf. Skr. kmar to be crooked. Cf.
Camber, Camera, Comrade.]
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1. A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a
bedroom; as, the house had four chambers.
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2. pl. Apartments in a lodging house. "A bachelor's life in
chambers." --Thackeray.
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3. A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative
body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate
chamber.
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4. A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or
association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of
Commerce.
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5. A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as,
the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the
chamber of the eye.
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6. pl. (Law.) A room or rooms where a lawyer transacts
business; a room or rooms where a judge transacts such
official business as may be done out of court.
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7. A chamber pot. [Colloq.]
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8. (Mil.)
(a) That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which
holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from
the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made
smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in
breech-loading guns.
(b) A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to
contain the powder.
(c) A short piece of ordnance or cannon, which stood on
its breech, without any carriage, formerly used
chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades.
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Air chamber. See Air chamber, in the Vocabulary.
Chamber of commerce, a board or association to protect the
interests of commerce, chosen from among the merchants and
traders of a city.
Chamber council, a secret council. --Shak.
Chamber counsel or Chamber counselor, a counselor who
gives his opinion in private, or at his chambers, but does
not advocate causes in court.
Chamber fellow, a chamber companion; a roommate; a chum.
Chamber hangings, tapestry or hangings for a chamber.
Chamber lye, urine. --Shak.
Chamber music, vocal or instrumental music adapted to
performance in a chamber or small apartment or audience
room, instead of a theater, concert hall, or church.
Chamber practice (Law.), the practice of counselors at law,
who give their opinions in private, but do not appear in
court.
To sit at chambers, to do business in chambers, as a judge.
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City council
(gcide) | Council \Coun"cil\ (koun"s[i^]l), n. [F. concile, fr. L.
concilium; con- + calare to call, akin to Gr. ??? to call,
and E. hale, v., haul. Cf. Conciliate. This word is often
confounded with counsel, with which it has no connection.]
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1. An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation,
deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for
consultation in a critical case.
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2. A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an
advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's
council; a city council.
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An old lord of the council rated me the other day.
--Shak.
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3. Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation.
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Satan . . . void of rest,
His potentates to council called by night. --Milton.
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O great in action and in council wise. --Pope.
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Aulic council. See under Aulic.
Cabinet council. See under Cabinet.
City council, the legislative branch of a city government,
usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common
council, but sometimes otherwise constituted.
Common council. See under Common.
Council board, Council table, the table round which a
council holds consultation; also, the council itself in
deliberation.
Council chamber, the room or apartment in which a council
meets.
Council fire, the ceremonial fire kept burning while the
Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] --Bartlett.
Council of war, an assembly of officers of high rank,
called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to
measures or importance or nesessity.
Ecumenical council (Eccl.), an assembly of prelates or
divines convened from the whole body of the church to
regulate matters of doctrine or discipline.
Executive council, a body of men elected as advisers of the
chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [U.S.]
Legislative council, the upper house of a legislature,
usually called the senate.
Privy council. See under Privy. [Eng.]
Syn: Assembly; meeting; congress; diet; parliament;
convention; convocation; synod.
[1913 Webster]City \Cit"y\, a.
Of or pertaining to a city. --Shak.
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City council. See under Council.
City court, The municipal court of a city. [U. S.]
City ward, a watchman, or the collective watchmen, of a
city. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
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Common council
(gcide) | Common \Com"mon\, a. [Compar. Commoner; superl. Commonest.]
[OE. commun, comon, OF. comun, F. commun, fr. L. communis;
com- + munis ready to be of service; cf. Skr. mi to make
fast, set up, build, Goth. gamains common, G. gemein, and E.
mean low, common. Cf. Immunity, Commune, n. & v.]
1. Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than
one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.
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Though life and sense be common to men and brutes.
--Sir M. Hale.
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2. Belonging to or shared by, affecting or serving, all the
members of a class, considered together; general; public;
as, properties common to all plants; the common schools;
the Book of Common Prayer.
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Such actions as the common good requireth. --Hooker.
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The common enemy of man. --Shak.
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3. Often met with; usual; frequent; customary.
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Grief more than common grief. --Shak.
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4. Not distinguished or exceptional; inconspicuous; ordinary;
plebeian; -- often in a depreciatory sense.
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The honest, heart-felt enjoyment of common life.
--W. Irving.
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This fact was infamous
And ill beseeming any common man,
Much more a knight, a captain and a leader. --Shak.
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Above the vulgar flight of common souls. --A.
Murphy.
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5. Profane; polluted. [Obs.]
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What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
--Acts x. 15.
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6. Given to habits of lewdness; prostitute.
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A dame who herself was common. --L'Estrange.
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Common bar (Law) Same as Blank bar, under Blank.
Common barrator (Law), one who makes a business of
instigating litigation.
Common Bench, a name sometimes given to the English Court
of Common Pleas.
Common brawler (Law), one addicted to public brawling and
quarreling. See Brawler.
Common carrier (Law), one who undertakes the office of
carrying (goods or persons) for hire. Such a carrier is
bound to carry in all cases when he has accommodation, and
when his fixed price is tendered, and he is liable for all
losses and injuries to the goods, except those which
happen in consequence of the act of God, or of the enemies
of the country, or of the owner of the property himself.
Common chord (Mus.), a chord consisting of the fundamental
tone, with its third and fifth.
Common council, the representative (legislative) body, or
the lower branch of the representative body, of a city or
other municipal corporation.
Common crier, the crier of a town or city.
Common divisor (Math.), a number or quantity that divides
two or more numbers or quantities without a remainder; a
common measure.
Common gender (Gram.), the gender comprising words that may
be of either the masculine or the feminine gender.
Common law, a system of jurisprudence developing under the
guidance of the courts so as to apply a consistent and
reasonable rule to each litigated case. It may be
superseded by statute, but unless superseded it controls.
--Wharton.
Note: It is by others defined as the unwritten law
(especially of England), the law that receives its
binding force from immemorial usage and universal
reception, as ascertained and expressed in the
judgments of the courts. This term is often used in
contradistinction from statute law. Many use it to
designate a law common to the whole country. It is also
used to designate the whole body of English (or other)
law, as distinguished from its subdivisions, local,
civil, admiralty, equity, etc. See Law.
Common lawyer, one versed in common law.
Common lewdness (Law), the habitual performance of lewd
acts in public.
Common multiple (Arith.) See under Multiple.
Common noun (Gram.), the name of any one of a class of
objects, as distinguished from a proper noun (the name of
a particular person or thing).
Common nuisance (Law), that which is deleterious to the
health or comfort or sense of decency of the community at
large.
Common pleas, one of the three superior courts of common
law at Westminster, presided over by a chief justice and
four puisne judges. Its jurisdiction is confined to civil
matters. Courts bearing this title exist in several of the
United States, having, however, in some cases, both civil
and criminal jurisdiction extending over the whole State.
In other States the jurisdiction of the common pleas is
limited to a county, and it is sometimes called a {county
court}. Its powers are generally defined by statute.
Common prayer, the liturgy of the Church of England, or of
the Protestant Episcopal church of the United States,
which all its clergy are enjoined to use. It is contained
in the Book of Common Prayer.
Common school, a school maintained at the public expense,
and open to all.
Common scold (Law), a woman addicted to scolding
indiscriminately, in public.
Common seal, a seal adopted and used by a corporation.
Common sense.
(a) A supposed sense which was held to be the common bond
of all the others. [Obs.] --Trench.
(b) Sound judgment. See under Sense.
Common time (Mus.), that variety of time in which the
measure consists of two or of four equal portions.
In common, equally with another, or with others; owned,
shared, or used, in community with others; affecting or
affected equally.
Out of the common, uncommon; extraordinary.
Tenant in common, one holding real or personal property in
common with others, having distinct but undivided
interests. See Joint tenant, under Joint.
To make common cause with, to join or ally one's self with.
Syn: General; public; popular; national; universal; frequent;
ordinary; customary; usual; familiar; habitual; vulgar;
mean; trite; stale; threadbare; commonplace. See
Mutual, Ordinary, General.
[1913 Webster]Council \Coun"cil\ (koun"s[i^]l), n. [F. concile, fr. L.
concilium; con- + calare to call, akin to Gr. ??? to call,
and E. hale, v., haul. Cf. Conciliate. This word is often
confounded with counsel, with which it has no connection.]
[1913 Webster]
1. An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation,
deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for
consultation in a critical case.
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2. A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an
advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's
council; a city council.
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An old lord of the council rated me the other day.
--Shak.
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3. Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation.
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Satan . . . void of rest,
His potentates to council called by night. --Milton.
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O great in action and in council wise. --Pope.
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Aulic council. See under Aulic.
Cabinet council. See under Cabinet.
City council, the legislative branch of a city government,
usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common
council, but sometimes otherwise constituted.
Common council. See under Common.
Council board, Council table, the table round which a
council holds consultation; also, the council itself in
deliberation.
Council chamber, the room or apartment in which a council
meets.
Council fire, the ceremonial fire kept burning while the
Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] --Bartlett.
Council of war, an assembly of officers of high rank,
called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to
measures or importance or nesessity.
Ecumenical council (Eccl.), an assembly of prelates or
divines convened from the whole body of the church to
regulate matters of doctrine or discipline.
Executive council, a body of men elected as advisers of the
chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [U.S.]
Legislative council, the upper house of a legislature,
usually called the senate.
Privy council. See under Privy. [Eng.]
Syn: Assembly; meeting; congress; diet; parliament;
convention; convocation; synod.
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Council board
(gcide) | Council \Coun"cil\ (koun"s[i^]l), n. [F. concile, fr. L.
concilium; con- + calare to call, akin to Gr. ??? to call,
and E. hale, v., haul. Cf. Conciliate. This word is often
confounded with counsel, with which it has no connection.]
[1913 Webster]
1. An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation,
deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for
consultation in a critical case.
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2. A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an
advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's
council; a city council.
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An old lord of the council rated me the other day.
--Shak.
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3. Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation.
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Satan . . . void of rest,
His potentates to council called by night. --Milton.
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O great in action and in council wise. --Pope.
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Aulic council. See under Aulic.
Cabinet council. See under Cabinet.
City council, the legislative branch of a city government,
usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common
council, but sometimes otherwise constituted.
Common council. See under Common.
Council board, Council table, the table round which a
council holds consultation; also, the council itself in
deliberation.
Council chamber, the room or apartment in which a council
meets.
Council fire, the ceremonial fire kept burning while the
Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] --Bartlett.
Council of war, an assembly of officers of high rank,
called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to
measures or importance or nesessity.
Ecumenical council (Eccl.), an assembly of prelates or
divines convened from the whole body of the church to
regulate matters of doctrine or discipline.
Executive council, a body of men elected as advisers of the
chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [U.S.]
Legislative council, the upper house of a legislature,
usually called the senate.
Privy council. See under Privy. [Eng.]
Syn: Assembly; meeting; congress; diet; parliament;
convention; convocation; synod.
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Council chamber
(gcide) | Council \Coun"cil\ (koun"s[i^]l), n. [F. concile, fr. L.
concilium; con- + calare to call, akin to Gr. ??? to call,
and E. hale, v., haul. Cf. Conciliate. This word is often
confounded with counsel, with which it has no connection.]
[1913 Webster]
1. An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation,
deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for
consultation in a critical case.
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2. A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an
advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's
council; a city council.
[1913 Webster]
An old lord of the council rated me the other day.
--Shak.
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3. Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation.
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Satan . . . void of rest,
His potentates to council called by night. --Milton.
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O great in action and in council wise. --Pope.
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Aulic council. See under Aulic.
Cabinet council. See under Cabinet.
City council, the legislative branch of a city government,
usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common
council, but sometimes otherwise constituted.
Common council. See under Common.
Council board, Council table, the table round which a
council holds consultation; also, the council itself in
deliberation.
Council chamber, the room or apartment in which a council
meets.
Council fire, the ceremonial fire kept burning while the
Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] --Bartlett.
Council of war, an assembly of officers of high rank,
called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to
measures or importance or nesessity.
Ecumenical council (Eccl.), an assembly of prelates or
divines convened from the whole body of the church to
regulate matters of doctrine or discipline.
Executive council, a body of men elected as advisers of the
chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [U.S.]
Legislative council, the upper house of a legislature,
usually called the senate.
Privy council. See under Privy. [Eng.]
Syn: Assembly; meeting; congress; diet; parliament;
convention; convocation; synod.
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Council fire
(gcide) | Council \Coun"cil\ (koun"s[i^]l), n. [F. concile, fr. L.
concilium; con- + calare to call, akin to Gr. ??? to call,
and E. hale, v., haul. Cf. Conciliate. This word is often
confounded with counsel, with which it has no connection.]
[1913 Webster]
1. An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation,
deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for
consultation in a critical case.
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2. A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an
advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's
council; a city council.
[1913 Webster]
An old lord of the council rated me the other day.
--Shak.
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3. Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation.
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Satan . . . void of rest,
His potentates to council called by night. --Milton.
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O great in action and in council wise. --Pope.
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Aulic council. See under Aulic.
Cabinet council. See under Cabinet.
City council, the legislative branch of a city government,
usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common
council, but sometimes otherwise constituted.
Common council. See under Common.
Council board, Council table, the table round which a
council holds consultation; also, the council itself in
deliberation.
Council chamber, the room or apartment in which a council
meets.
Council fire, the ceremonial fire kept burning while the
Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] --Bartlett.
Council of war, an assembly of officers of high rank,
called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to
measures or importance or nesessity.
Ecumenical council (Eccl.), an assembly of prelates or
divines convened from the whole body of the church to
regulate matters of doctrine or discipline.
Executive council, a body of men elected as advisers of the
chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [U.S.]
Legislative council, the upper house of a legislature,
usually called the senate.
Privy council. See under Privy. [Eng.]
Syn: Assembly; meeting; congress; diet; parliament;
convention; convocation; synod.
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Council of Ancients
(gcide) | Ancient \An"cient\, n.
1. pl. Those who lived in former ages, as opposed to the
moderns.
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2. An aged man; a patriarch. Hence: A governor; a ruler; a
person of influence.
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The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients
of his people, and the princes thereof. --Isa. iii.
14.
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3. A senior; an elder; a predecessor. [Obs.]
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Junius and Andronicus . . . in Christianity . . .
were his ancients. --Hooker.
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4. pl. (Eng. Law) One of the senior members of the Inns of
Court or of Chancery.
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Council of Ancients (French Hist.), one of the two
assemblies composing the legislative bodies in 1795.
--Brande.
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Council of war
(gcide) | Council \Coun"cil\ (koun"s[i^]l), n. [F. concile, fr. L.
concilium; con- + calare to call, akin to Gr. ??? to call,
and E. hale, v., haul. Cf. Conciliate. This word is often
confounded with counsel, with which it has no connection.]
[1913 Webster]
1. An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation,
deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for
consultation in a critical case.
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2. A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an
advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's
council; a city council.
[1913 Webster]
An old lord of the council rated me the other day.
--Shak.
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3. Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation.
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Satan . . . void of rest,
His potentates to council called by night. --Milton.
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O great in action and in council wise. --Pope.
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Aulic council. See under Aulic.
Cabinet council. See under Cabinet.
City council, the legislative branch of a city government,
usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common
council, but sometimes otherwise constituted.
Common council. See under Common.
Council board, Council table, the table round which a
council holds consultation; also, the council itself in
deliberation.
Council chamber, the room or apartment in which a council
meets.
Council fire, the ceremonial fire kept burning while the
Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] --Bartlett.
Council of war, an assembly of officers of high rank,
called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to
measures or importance or nesessity.
Ecumenical council (Eccl.), an assembly of prelates or
divines convened from the whole body of the church to
regulate matters of doctrine or discipline.
Executive council, a body of men elected as advisers of the
chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [U.S.]
Legislative council, the upper house of a legislature,
usually called the senate.
Privy council. See under Privy. [Eng.]
Syn: Assembly; meeting; congress; diet; parliament;
convention; convocation; synod.
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Council table
(gcide) | Council \Coun"cil\ (koun"s[i^]l), n. [F. concile, fr. L.
concilium; con- + calare to call, akin to Gr. ??? to call,
and E. hale, v., haul. Cf. Conciliate. This word is often
confounded with counsel, with which it has no connection.]
[1913 Webster]
1. An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation,
deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for
consultation in a critical case.
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2. A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an
advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's
council; a city council.
[1913 Webster]
An old lord of the council rated me the other day.
--Shak.
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3. Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation.
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Satan . . . void of rest,
His potentates to council called by night. --Milton.
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O great in action and in council wise. --Pope.
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Aulic council. See under Aulic.
Cabinet council. See under Cabinet.
City council, the legislative branch of a city government,
usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common
council, but sometimes otherwise constituted.
Common council. See under Common.
Council board, Council table, the table round which a
council holds consultation; also, the council itself in
deliberation.
Council chamber, the room or apartment in which a council
meets.
Council fire, the ceremonial fire kept burning while the
Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] --Bartlett.
Council of war, an assembly of officers of high rank,
called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to
measures or importance or nesessity.
Ecumenical council (Eccl.), an assembly of prelates or
divines convened from the whole body of the church to
regulate matters of doctrine or discipline.
Executive council, a body of men elected as advisers of the
chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [U.S.]
Legislative council, the upper house of a legislature,
usually called the senate.
Privy council. See under Privy. [Eng.]
Syn: Assembly; meeting; congress; diet; parliament;
convention; convocation; synod.
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Councilist
(gcide) | Councilist \Coun"cil*ist\ (koun"s?l-?st), n.
One who belongs to a council; one who gives an opinion.
[Obs.]
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I will in three months be an expert counsilist.
--Milton.
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councillor
(gcide) | Councilor \Coun"cil*or\ (koun"s?l-?r), n.
A member of a council. [Written also councillor.]
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Note: The distinction between councilor, a member of a
council, and counselor, one who gives counsel, was not
formerly made, but is now very generally recognized and
observed.
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councillorship
(gcide) | councilorship \councilorship\, councillorship \councillorship\n.
1. the position of council member.
Syn: councilorship.
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Councilman
(gcide) | Councilman \Coun"cil*man\ (koun"s[i^]l*man), n.; pl.
Councilmen (koun"s[i^]l*men).
A member of a council, especially of the common council of a
city; a councilor.
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Councilmen
(gcide) | Councilman \Coun"cil*man\ (koun"s[i^]l*man), n.; pl.
Councilmen (koun"s[i^]l*men).
A member of a council, especially of the common council of a
city; a councilor.
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Councilor
(gcide) | Councilor \Coun"cil*or\ (koun"s?l-?r), n.
A member of a council. [Written also councillor.]
[1913 Webster]
Note: The distinction between councilor, a member of a
council, and counselor, one who gives counsel, was not
formerly made, but is now very generally recognized and
observed.
[1913 Webster] councilorship |
councilorship
(gcide) | councilorship \councilorship\, councillorship \councillorship\n.
1. the position of council member.
Syn: councilorship.
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Ecumenical council
(gcide) | Council \Coun"cil\ (koun"s[i^]l), n. [F. concile, fr. L.
concilium; con- + calare to call, akin to Gr. ??? to call,
and E. hale, v., haul. Cf. Conciliate. This word is often
confounded with counsel, with which it has no connection.]
[1913 Webster]
1. An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation,
deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for
consultation in a critical case.
[1913 Webster]
2. A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an
advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's
council; a city council.
[1913 Webster]
An old lord of the council rated me the other day.
--Shak.
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3. Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation.
[1913 Webster]
Satan . . . void of rest,
His potentates to council called by night. --Milton.
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O great in action and in council wise. --Pope.
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Aulic council. See under Aulic.
Cabinet council. See under Cabinet.
City council, the legislative branch of a city government,
usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common
council, but sometimes otherwise constituted.
Common council. See under Common.
Council board, Council table, the table round which a
council holds consultation; also, the council itself in
deliberation.
Council chamber, the room or apartment in which a council
meets.
Council fire, the ceremonial fire kept burning while the
Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] --Bartlett.
Council of war, an assembly of officers of high rank,
called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to
measures or importance or nesessity.
Ecumenical council (Eccl.), an assembly of prelates or
divines convened from the whole body of the church to
regulate matters of doctrine or discipline.
Executive council, a body of men elected as advisers of the
chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [U.S.]
Legislative council, the upper house of a legislature,
usually called the senate.
Privy council. See under Privy. [Eng.]
Syn: Assembly; meeting; congress; diet; parliament;
convention; convocation; synod.
[1913 Webster]Ecumenic \Ec`u*men"ic\, Ecumenical \Ec`u*men"ic*al\, a. [L.
oecumenicus, Gr. ? (sc. ?) the inhabited world, fr. ? to
inhabit, from o'i^kos house, dwelling. See Economy.]
General; universal; in ecclesiastical usage, that which
concerns the whole church; as, an ecumenical council.
[Written also [oe]cumenical.]
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Ecumenical Bishop, a title assumed by the popes.
Ecumenical council. See under Council.
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Ex parte council
(gcide) | Ex parte \Ex` par"te\ [L. See Ex-, and Part.]
Upon or from one side only; one-sided; partial; as, an ex
parte statement.
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Ex parte application, one made without notice or
opportunity to oppose.
Ex parte council, one that assembles at the request of only
one of the parties in dispute.
Ex parte hearing or Ex parte evidence (Law), that which
is had or taken by one side or party in the absence of the
other. Hearings before grand juries, and affidavits, are
ex parte. --Wharton's Law Dict. --Burrill.
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Executive council
(gcide) | Council \Coun"cil\ (koun"s[i^]l), n. [F. concile, fr. L.
concilium; con- + calare to call, akin to Gr. ??? to call,
and E. hale, v., haul. Cf. Conciliate. This word is often
confounded with counsel, with which it has no connection.]
[1913 Webster]
1. An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation,
deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for
consultation in a critical case.
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2. A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an
advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's
council; a city council.
[1913 Webster]
An old lord of the council rated me the other day.
--Shak.
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3. Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation.
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Satan . . . void of rest,
His potentates to council called by night. --Milton.
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O great in action and in council wise. --Pope.
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Aulic council. See under Aulic.
Cabinet council. See under Cabinet.
City council, the legislative branch of a city government,
usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common
council, but sometimes otherwise constituted.
Common council. See under Common.
Council board, Council table, the table round which a
council holds consultation; also, the council itself in
deliberation.
Council chamber, the room or apartment in which a council
meets.
Council fire, the ceremonial fire kept burning while the
Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] --Bartlett.
Council of war, an assembly of officers of high rank,
called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to
measures or importance or nesessity.
Ecumenical council (Eccl.), an assembly of prelates or
divines convened from the whole body of the church to
regulate matters of doctrine or discipline.
Executive council, a body of men elected as advisers of the
chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [U.S.]
Legislative council, the upper house of a legislature,
usually called the senate.
Privy council. See under Privy. [Eng.]
Syn: Assembly; meeting; congress; diet; parliament;
convention; convocation; synod.
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Legislative council
(gcide) | Council \Coun"cil\ (koun"s[i^]l), n. [F. concile, fr. L.
concilium; con- + calare to call, akin to Gr. ??? to call,
and E. hale, v., haul. Cf. Conciliate. This word is often
confounded with counsel, with which it has no connection.]
[1913 Webster]
1. An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation,
deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for
consultation in a critical case.
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2. A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an
advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's
council; a city council.
[1913 Webster]
An old lord of the council rated me the other day.
--Shak.
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3. Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation.
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Satan . . . void of rest,
His potentates to council called by night. --Milton.
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O great in action and in council wise. --Pope.
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Aulic council. See under Aulic.
Cabinet council. See under Cabinet.
City council, the legislative branch of a city government,
usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common
council, but sometimes otherwise constituted.
Common council. See under Common.
Council board, Council table, the table round which a
council holds consultation; also, the council itself in
deliberation.
Council chamber, the room or apartment in which a council
meets.
Council fire, the ceremonial fire kept burning while the
Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] --Bartlett.
Council of war, an assembly of officers of high rank,
called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to
measures or importance or nesessity.
Ecumenical council (Eccl.), an assembly of prelates or
divines convened from the whole body of the church to
regulate matters of doctrine or discipline.
Executive council, a body of men elected as advisers of the
chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [U.S.]
Legislative council, the upper house of a legislature,
usually called the senate.
Privy council. See under Privy. [Eng.]
Syn: Assembly; meeting; congress; diet; parliament;
convention; convocation; synod.
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Order in Council
(gcide) | Order \Or"der\, n. [OE. ordre, F. ordre, fr. L. ordo, ordinis.
Cf. Ordain, Ordinal.]
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1. Regular arrangement; any methodical or established
succession or harmonious relation; method; system; as:
(a) Of material things, like the books in a library.
(b) Of intellectual notions or ideas, like the topics of a
discource.
(c) Of periods of time or occurrences, and the like.
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The side chambers were . . . thirty in order.
--Ezek. xli.
6.
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Bright-harnessed angels sit in order
serviceable. --Milton.
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Good order is the foundation of all good things.
--Burke.
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2. Right arrangement; a normal, correct, or fit condition;
as, the house is in order; the machinery is out of order.
--Locke.
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3. The customary mode of procedure; established system, as in
the conduct of debates or the transaction of business;
usage; custom; fashion. --Dantiel.
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And, pregnant with his grander thought,
Brought the old order into doubt. --Emerson.
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4. Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance;
general tranquillity; public quiet; as, to preserve order
in a community or an assembly.
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5. That which prescribes a method of procedure; a rule or
regulation made by competent authority; as, the rules and
orders of the senate.
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The church hath authority to establish that for an
order at one time which at another time it may
abolish. --Hooker.
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6. A command; a mandate; a precept; a direction.
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Upon this new fright, an order was made by both
houses for disarming all the papists in England.
--Clarendon.
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7. Hence: A commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods; a
direction, in writing, to pay money, to furnish supplies,
to admit to a building, a place of entertainment, or the
like; as, orders for blankets are large.
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In those days were pit orders -- beshrew the
uncomfortable manager who abolished them. --Lamb.
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8. A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or
suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row; a
grade; especially, a rank or class in society; a group or
division of men in the same social or other position;
also, a distinct character, kind, or sort; as, the higher
or lower orders of society; talent of a high order.
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They are in equal order to their several ends.
--Jer. Taylor.
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Various orders various ensigns bear. --Granville.
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Which, to his order of mind, must have seemed little
short of crime. --Hawthorne.
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9. A body of persons having some common honorary distinction
or rule of obligation; esp., a body of religious persons
or aggregate of convents living under a common rule; as,
the Order of the Bath; the Franciscan order.
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Find a barefoot brother out,
One of our order, to associate me. --Shak.
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The venerable order of the Knights Templars. --Sir
W. Scott.
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10. An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or
bishop; the office of the Christian ministry; -- often
used in the plural; as, to take orders, or to take holy
orders, that is, to enter some grade of the ministry.
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11. (Arch.) The disposition of a column and its component
parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in
classical architecture; hence (as the column and
entablature are the characteristic features of classical
architecture) a style or manner of architectural
designing.
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Note: The Greeks used three different orders, easy to
distinguish, Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. The Romans
added the Tuscan, and changed the Doric so that it is
hardly recognizable, and also used a modified
Corinthian called Composite. The Renaissance writers on
architecture recognized five orders as orthodox or
classical, -- Doric (the Roman sort), Ionic, Tuscan,
Corinthian, and Composite. See Illust. of Capital.
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12. (Nat. Hist.) An assemblage of genera having certain
important characters in common; as, the Carnivora and
Insectivora are orders of Mammalia.
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Note: The Linnaean artificial orders of plants rested mainly
on identity in the numer of pistils, or agreement in
some one character. Natural orders are groups of genera
agreeing in the fundamental plan of their flowers and
fruit. A natural order is usually (in botany)
equivalent to a family, and may include several tribes.
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13. (Rhet.) The placing of words and members in a sentence in
such a manner as to contribute to force and beauty or
clearness of expression.
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14. (Math.) Rank; degree; thus, the order of a curve or
surface is the same as the degree of its equation.
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Artificial order or Artificial system. See {Artificial
classification}, under Artificial, and Note to def. 12
above.
Close order (Mil.), the arrangement of the ranks with a
distance of about half a pace between them; with a
distance of about three yards the ranks are in {open
order}.
The four Orders, The Orders four, the four orders of
mendicant friars. See Friar. --Chaucer.
General orders (Mil.), orders issued which concern the
whole command, or the troops generally, in distinction
from special orders.
Holy orders.
(a) (Eccl.) The different grades of the Christian
ministry; ordination to the ministry. See def. 10
above.
(b) (R. C. Ch.) A sacrament for the purpose of conferring
a special grace on those ordained.
In order to, for the purpose of; to the end; as means to.
The best knowledge is that which is of greatest use
in order to our eternal happiness. --Tillotson.
Minor orders (R. C. Ch.), orders beneath the diaconate in
sacramental dignity, as acolyte, exorcist, reader,
doorkeeper.
Money order. See under Money.
Natural order. (Bot.) See def. 12, Note.
Order book.
(a) A merchant's book in which orders are entered.
(b) (Mil.) A book kept at headquarters, in which all
orders are recorded for the information of officers
and men.
(c) A book in the House of Commons in which proposed
orders must be entered. [Eng.]
Order in Council, a royal order issued with and by the
advice of the Privy Council. [Great Britain]
Order of battle (Mil.), the particular disposition given to
the troops of an army on the field of battle.
Order of the day, in legislative bodies, the special
business appointed for a specified day.
Order of a differential equation (Math.), the greatest
index of differentiation in the equation.
Sailing orders (Naut.), the final instructions given to the
commander of a ship of war before a cruise.
Sealed orders, orders sealed, and not to be opened until a
certain time, or arrival at a certain place, as after a
ship is at sea.
Standing order.
(a) A continuing regulation for the conduct of
parliamentary business.
(b) (Mil.) An order not subject to change by an officer
temporarily in command.
To give order, to give command or directions. --Shak.
To take order for, to take charge of; to make arrangements
concerning.
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Whiles I take order for mine own affairs. --Shak.
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Syn: Arrangement; management. See Direction.
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