council 音标拼音: [k'ɑʊnsəl]
n . 理事会,委员会
理事会,委员会
council 委员会 署
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 \
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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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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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 .
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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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1913 Webster ]
151 Moby Thesaurus words for "
council ":
Areopagus ,
Bund ,
Rochdale cooperative ,
advisory council ,
alliance ,
assemblage ,
assemblee ,
assembly ,
assignation ,
association ,
at home ,
audience ,
axis ,
ball ,
band ,
bargaining ,
bargaining session ,
bloc ,
board ,
board of directors ,
board of regents ,
board of trustees ,
body ,
brawl ,
cabinet ,
cadre ,
camarilla ,
caucus ,
coalition ,
college ,
colloquium ,
combination ,
combine ,
commission ,
committee ,
common market ,
conclave ,
concourse ,
confab ,
confabulation ,
confederacy ,
confederation ,
conference ,
confrontation ,
congregation ,
congress ,
consistory ,
consultation ,
consumer cooperative ,
conventicle ,
convention ,
convocation ,
cooperative ,
cooperative society ,
corps ,
council fire ,
council of state ,
council of war ,
credit union ,
curia ,
customs union ,
dance ,
date ,
diet ,
directorate ,
directors ,
directory ,
discussion ,
divan ,
economic community ,
eisteddfod ,
exchange of views ,
executive arm ,
executive committee ,
executive hierarchy ,
eyeball -
to -
eyeball encounter ,
federation ,
festivity ,
fete ,
forgathering ,
forum ,
free trade area ,
gang ,
gathering ,
get -
together ,
governing board ,
governing body ,
group ,
grouping ,
high -
level talk ,
housewarming ,
huddle ,
infrastructure ,
inquisition ,
interchange of views ,
interlocking directorate ,
interview ,
judicatory ,
judicature ,
judiciary ,
kitchen cabinet ,
league ,
levee ,
machine ,
management ,
meet ,
meeting ,
ministry ,
mob ,
negotiations ,
news conference ,
palaver ,
panel ,
parley ,
partnership ,
party ,
plenum ,
political machine ,
pourparler ,
powwow ,
press conference ,
privy council ,
prom ,
quorum ,
rally ,
reception ,
rendezvous ,
ring ,
seance ,
session ,
shadow cabinet ,
shindig ,
sit -
in ,
sitting ,
society ,
soiree ,
steering committee ,
summit ,
summit conference ,
summitry ,
symposium ,
synod ,
the Inquisition ,
the administration ,
the brass ,
the executive ,
the people upstairs ,
top brass ,
tribunal ,
turnout ,
union Council spoken of counsellors who sat in public trials with the governor of a province (
Acts 25 :
12 ).
The Jewish councils were the Sanhedrim ,
or supreme council of the nation ,
which had subordinate to it smaller tribunals (
the "
judgment ,"
perhaps ,
in Matt .
5 :
21 ,
22 )
in the cities of Palestine (
Matt .
10 :
17 ;
Mark 13 :
9 ).
In the time of Christ the functions of the Sanhedrim were limited (
John 16 :
2 ;
2 Cor .
11 :
24 ).
In Ps .
68 :
27 the word "
council "
means simply a company of persons . (
R .
V .
marg ., "
company .")
In ecclesiastical history the word is used to denote an assembly of pastors or bishops for the discussion and regulation of church affairs .
The first of these councils was that of the apostles and elders at Jerusalem ,
of which we have a detailed account in Acts 15 .
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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